Jones Day was among the law firms breached in an attack on Accellion’s file transfer application. It highlights the need for closer monitoring by firms of their software supply chains.
A report on a Netfilim ransomware outbreak highlights the long fuse that these attacks have. Basic security hygiene - especially for Active Directory - can snuff them out.
Organizations face an uphill battle in detecting and responding to the sophisticated, human-directed ransomware campaigns. Getting a grip on credential theft and monitoring DNS traffic are key.
As ransomware attacks spread to more, high profile firms, a new report by the security firm Sophos suggests that the impact of such incidents lingers within organizations long after the malware has been removed.
Why haven't 17 annual Cyber Security Awareness months paid dividends? Probably because "awareness" itself isn't nearly enough to beat back a complex, global and societal ill like cybercrime.
The new ransomware family RansomEXX is suspected in the hack of Konica Minolta, its second prominent victim in a month. Evidence suggests that human directed attacks are becoming more stealthy and effective.
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