DO NOT PAY THE RANSOM: WHY BUSINESSES ARE WILLING TO PAY With the national attention on significant data breaches in recent months, between January to June 2022, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) observed a 14 percent decrease in reported breaches compared to July to December 2021. This appears in contrast to the […]
Australian Cyber Security Magazine, Issue 14, 2022 Read More »
I am pleased to present the third Annual Cyber Threat Report by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), a key part of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). Throughout its 75 year history, ASD has defended Australia from global threats and advanced our national interests. It remains at the frontline of defending our nation and keeping
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Q3 of 2022 has provided us with many interesting insights into the ransomware industry. Instead of fairly wide distribution of victims between the various ransomware groups, we saw consistency from Lockbit3.0, as they remain the number one group with 37% of all ransomware attacks this quarter, an increase of 5% since the previous quarter, whereas
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Key Takeaways Sygnia recently investigated a Cheerscrypt ransomware attack which utilized Night Sky ransomware TTPs. Further analysis revealed that Cheerscrypt and Night Sky are both rebrands of the same threat group, dubbed ‘Emperor Dragonfly’ by Sygnia. ‘Emperor Dragonfly’ (A.K.A. DEV-0401 / BRONZE STARLIGHT) deployed open-source tools that were written by Chinese developers for Chinese users.
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Welcome to the T2 2022 issue of the ESET Threat Report! The past four months were the time of summer vacations for many of us in the northern hemisphere. It appears that some malware operators also took this time as an opportunity to possibly rest, refocus, and reanalyze their current procedures and activities. According to
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Findings from an independent, vendor-agnostic survey of 5,600 IT professionals in mid-sized organizations across 31 countries, including 199 respondents from the state and local government sector. Introduction Sophos’ annual study of the real-world ransomware experiences of IT professionals in the state and local government sector has revealed an ever more challenging attack environment. Together with
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Over the past year, the business world has been adjusting to lessons learned from the COVID pandemic. On a workforce level, companies are struggling to decide the best ways to balance employee flexibility and corporate culture. On a technical level, the many benefits of a cloud-first architecture are being weighed against the challenges of managing
State of Cybersecurity: September 2022 Read More »
Critical infrastructure, which for the purposes of this report includes energy/utilities, telecommunications, transportation and trucking/ shipping companies, became top of mind for many beginning in 2020 when high-profile security attacks impacted millions of people across the globe. From the ransomware attack that compromised a major U.S. gas pipeline in 2021 to the rise of nation-state
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Introduction and summary Acronis was the first company to implement complete integrated cyber protection to protect all data, applications and systems. Cyber protection requires the researching and monitoring of threats, as well as abiding by the five vectors of safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity and security, or SAPAS. As part of the strategy, we’ve established four
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Introduction Cybercriminals emboldened by underground ransomware economy While ransomware continues to be a headline-grabbing topic, there’s ultimately a relatively small, connected ecosystem of players driving this sector of the cybercrime economy. The specialization and consolidation of the cybercrime economy has fueled ransomware as a service (RaaS) to become a dominant business model, enabling a wider
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