The function of cybersecurity is not to eliminate all attacks and compromises – that’s impossible – but to make the attack so expensive and time-consuming on the attacker that he simply moves on to an easier target. That is the purpose of a new product/service designed to make commodity ransomware attacks less easy for the attacker.
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Over half of security vulnerabilities are over five years old and leaving them unpatched is very unwise. Source: Read More (Latest topics for ZDNet in Security)
The disruption of Maryland’s reporting of COVID-19 data last month was caused by a ransomware attack, state officials said Wednesday. Chip Stewart, the state’s chief information security officer, said the state has not paid extortion demands for the attack, which began on Dec. 4. read more Source: Read More (SecurityWeek RSS Feed)
A leaked tool used by the Babuk Locker operation to create custom ransomware executables is now being used by another threat actor in a very active campaign targeting victims worldwide. […] Source: Read More (BleepingComputer)