Report Overview The Global Ransomware Protection Market size is expected to be worth around USD 117.47 billion by 2034, from USD 23.82 billion in 2024, growing at a CAGR of 17.3% during the forecast period from 2025 to 2034. In 2024, North America held a dominant market position, capturing more than a 38% share, holding USD 9 billion in revenue. […]

The price tag for the Good Friday cyberattack against the city of Abilene is expected to continue rising. Proposed spending related to the ransomware attack of about $1.17 million is one of many such purchases expected over the next several months for the city, Troy Swanson, city director of information technology, said Monday at a […]

Transit agencies continue to fall behind in cybersecurity training, staffing and policy development according to a new report, placing these organizations at increasing risk as threats rise and take on more sophisticated forms. “The most interesting thing, after doing this work for the last four years, especially in the smaller and more midsize agencies, is […]

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In a recent report by BleepingComputer, DragonForce—a rapidly rising ransomware group—breached a managed service provider (MSP) and leveraged its SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform to infiltrate downstream customers. Sophos, which investigated the attack, attributes the breach to a string of known SimpleHelp vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-57726 through CVE-2024-57728). Once inside, DragonForce actors conducted network reconnaissance, […]

A new report published by Express Computer highlights a dramatic shift in the Indian cybersecurity landscape: AI is now powering a surge of faster, stealthier cyberattacks. Based on a survey by Fortinet and IDC of over 400 CISOs and CIOs across India, the findings reveal a pressing concern: organizations are facing a new generation of […]

Ransomware has become a dominant cyber threat, evolving in sophistication and impact. Traditional Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions, while effective in detecting and responding to known threats, fall short in preventing ransomware attacks before they execute.   That’s because attackers are effectively evolving malware techniques to bypass endpoint detection. Recent reports observed instances where attackers […]

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) have issued an updated advisory on Play ransomware, also known as Playcrypt. This advisory highlights new tactics, techniques, and procedures used by the Play ransomware group and provides updated indicators of compromise (IOCs) to enhance threat detection. Since June […]

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2025 – President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Friday revising U.S. cybersecurity policy by amending two previous cybersecurity-related Executive Orders signed under the Obama and Biden administrations. Obama’s 2015 Executive Order 13694 implemented strict sanctions for cyber security crimes, such as asset freezing and travel bans. Trump’s recent Order narrowed […]