UnitedHealth Group confirms cyberattack by Blackcat ransomware group, impacting healthcare systems and patient services.
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In ransomware news, Etisalat, is the newest cyberextortion victim, as the LockBit 3.0 ransomware group holds the stolen data hostage.
In ransomware news today, ALPHV ransomware operation snitches to the SEC on its victim for not reporting the attack.
The cybersecurity management landscape in 2023 has been a rollercoaster ride, marked by a series of major data breaches and cyberattacks.
An obscure cloud service company has been providing state-sponsored hackers with internet services to spy on and extort their victims.
To humanity’s dismay, one’s noble intentions when innovating technology is a moot point. Once that creation is out there, made available to everyone, its application is open to interpretation. Someone somewhere will always find nefarious uses for the technology. And those are cyber criminals. The Dangers of Cyber Criminals The same technology that allowed companies […]
Russian hackers appear to be preparing a renewed wave of cyber attacks against Ukraine, including a “ransomware-style” threat to organizations serving Ukraine’s supply lines, a research report by Microsoft said on Wednesday. The report, authored by the tech giant’s cyber security research and analysis team, outlines a series of new discoveries about how Russian hackers […]
Amongst recent cyberattacks that reached between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world, PC component maker Gigabyte and Singaporean telco StarHub were compromised and affected by yet another cyberattack targeting several internal servers. On Friday, Gigabyte Global was hit with a ransomware attack aimed at the company’s internal servers instead of the system. The Taiwanese […]
Microsoft confirmed on Monday the future purchase of San Francisco-based cybersecurity company RiskIQ to tighten up its security siege due to latest cybersecurity breaches, following the shift to remote working policies. This proceeds the tech giant’s extended efforts to secure its customers and employees data against the recent exposure to cyberthreats. The cybersecurity vendor will […]
Swiss-based insurance and mortgage comparison company Comparis.ch has fallen victim to ransomware attack on Wednesday and shut down its website on Thursday out of fear of customer data breach. Comparis.ch is a price and product comparison platforms in Switzerland, specializing in products of health insurers prices, insurance companies’ prices, alongside banks and telecom providers. On […]