Ransomware
Information security Verizon breach report: senior executives are main targets!
The freshly released 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report highlights that financially motivated cyber-attacks are on the rise, C-level executives …
News British hacker sentenced for blackmailing millions of porn site visitors
A 24-year-old British hacker named Zain Qaiser has been sentenced to six-and-a-half-years in prison for targeting millions of computer users …
Cyber security How can we talk positively about security?
Filmed at #teissLondon2019, Alistair Neil, Director of International Security Solutions at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, discusses why ransomware is currently the …
News Aluminium giant Norsk Hydro suffers ransomware attack; switches to manual ops
Norsk Hydro, one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide, today announced that it has suffered "an extensive cyber-attack" that forced …
News Jackson County forced to pay over £300,000 following massive ransomware attack
In yet another example of why ransomware continues to remain a preferred choice for cyber criminals, Jackson county in Georgia, …
Information security Cyber security, collaboration and board-level accountability
Robin Ferris, solutions architect, Pulsant, gives advice on how to stay ahead of cyber criminals who are capitalising on the …
News War against malware claims 100,000 malware distribution sites in 10 months
A collaborative effort aided by hundreds of cyber security researchers to identify and share links to websites that are being …
Threats Cyber criminals combining Vidar & GandCrab malware to infect devices
Security researchers have discovered a new malvertising campaign that involves hackers using a unified command and control server to first …
News Malware attack disrupts distribution of leading U.S. newspapers
Distribution of newspapers from leading U.S. media organisations such as The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the Wall …
News Middleport-based Steelite International hit by ransomware attack
Steelite International, a popular Stoke-on-Trent-based ceramics manufacturer with an annual turnover exceeding £100m, suffered a cyber attack last week that …
Podcast “GDPR has empowered extortionists” – Tim Lambon, Director, Global Response Team, NYA
This is Part Two of our focus on cyber extortion with Tim Lambon, Director of NYA, the Global Response Team. …
Ransomware Four things every CEO should know about ransomware
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Dr Sandra Bell, Sungard Availability Services head of resilience consulting (Europe), highlights some important truths about ransomware. It’s hard to …
