Computer Weekly

Phishing back in vogue as ransomware vector

Cyber criminals appear to be returning to phishing as a means of spreading ransomware into target organisations, reversing a recent trend towards using malicious downloaders as a first-stage payload ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Bug Exploitation Now Top Ransomware Access Vector

Vulnerability exploitation accounted for 52% of ransomware incidents investigated by Secureworks over the past 12 months, making it the number one initial access vector for threat actors, the vendor ...
ZDNet

Top exploits used by ransomware gangs are VPN bugs, but RDP still reigns supreme

Everything you need to know about ransomware: how it started, why it's booming, how to protect against it, and what to do if your PC's infected. While ransomware groups each operate based on their own ...
Cloud Security Alliance

AWS Ends SSE-C Encryption, and a Ransomware Vector

SSE-C stands (well, stood) for “Server Side Encryption- Customer-provided keys”. It allowed you to provide an encryption key ...
CPO Magazine

Korean Air Data Breach by Clop Ransomware Impacts 30,000 Employees

A supply chain data breach at Korean Air by Clop ransomware has impacted 30,000 employees following a potential compromise of ...
ZDNet

Ransomware: These are the two most common ways hackers get inside your network

Email phishing attacks and brute force attacks against exposed remote desktop protocol (RDP) services are the most common methods cyber criminals are using to gain an initial foothold in corporate ...
Security

Data Breach Digest: Ransomware rising to the top of the nation-state threat vector list

Widespread infections, locked systems, demands for payment – sound like your average ransomware attack? Well, if you think the answer to this is simple, the recent Petya and WannaCry incidents would ...
Computer Weekly

Sodinokibi emerging as a diverse, multi-vector threat to businesses

The highly dangerous Sodinokibi ransomware is being exploited by affiliated groups from multiple countries, using multiple targeted distribution methods, according to evidence produced by McAfee’s ...
Dark Reading

Beware: Scalable Vector Graphics Files Are A New Ransomware Threat

Creative cyber criminals are taking advantage of Facebook's compatibility with SVG images to infect victims with ransomware. SVG (scalable vector graphics) files are dangerous on social media sites, ...
SDxCentral

Comcast Warns of Lucrative DDoS Ransomware, Rising Multi-Vector Attacks

Multi-vector distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks reached a record high in 2021, as DDoS ransomware is also on the rise, Comcast Business’ recent report found. Comcast Business DDoS Mitigation ...
CSOonline

Ransomware is top attack vector on critical infrastructure

An annual review from Dragos finds much improvement needed to protect industrial systems. More regulation is possible if they don't. Ransomware was the number one attack vector on critical ...
Newsweek

Quora: How Will Ransomware Affect the Internet of Things Apps?

Quora Questions are part of a partnership between Newsweek and Quora, through which we'll be posting relevant and interesting answers from Quora contributors throughout the week. Read more about the ...