Following the news that a new piece of file-encrypting ransomware, which some are linking to Iran, has been targeting processes and files associated with industrial control systems (ICS), please see below for a comment from experts....
Authored by Carolyn Crandall, Chief Deception Officer, Attivo Networks - Over 38 million patient records have been compromised due to breaches this year, compared with just 12 million in 2018. This alarming statistic demonstrates that, despite increased education on cyber safety, healthcare providers are still struggling...
It seems like not a day goes by without a major company being hacked or a government-run institution exposed to ransomware attacks. Now, state agencies in Texas have succumbed to a ‘coordinated ransomware attack‘ that has impacted at least 23 local government entities across the state....
Baltimore’s government computer system was hit with Robbinhood ransomware shutting down most of the city’s servers & forcing the city to cancel meetings....
Many drivers and passengers died because safety simply wasn’t a motivating factor in the design and creation of the automobile. Since then, a parade of features has been added to increase car safety. These initially included brakes and lap belts, then seatbelts, directional blinkers, headlights,...
Threat actors are using accounts with admin privileges to install BitPaymer ransomware via PsExec suggesting threat actors are taking a more targeted approach to their distribution of malware....
The battle to keep cyber attackers from successfully compromising networks is not working, according to a recent report by threat detection company Attivo Networks. The company surveyed more than 450 cyber security professionals worldwide from August to December 2018, and more than half of the...
Attivo Networks today announced the results of the company’s 2018 Top Threat Detection Concerns and Trends Survey. This survey reveals new insights about top information security concerns related to detecting and stopping attackers, identifying which technologies are impacting attackers, shifts in time to detection, and...
The city of North Bend, Ore., was hit with a ransomware attack which temporarily locked out city workers from their computers and databases....
Written by: Carolyn Crandall, Attivo Networks CMO - Halloween may be the only time of the year when monsters, vampires and ghosts parade the streets at night spooking the public. However, in the dark online world of sophisticated adversaries and expanding attack surfaces, threats continue to...