Security News > 2022 > February
The self-propagating ransomware cryptoworm that's been parasitizing victims since 2017 was the top most detected ransomware family by far in January 2022, researchers found. Cybercrooks' zest for mobile malware makes sense, given that "Access to cryptocurrency trading and banking on devices makes mobile platforms an attractive target for cybercriminals," according to the report.
Microsoft announced today that Microsoft Defender for Cloud now also comes with native protection for Google Cloud Platform environments, providing security recommendations and threat detection across clouds. Defender for Cloud is a security solution that monitors cloud services for threats, makes recommendations to harden security posture, and detects and warns of vulnerabilities in protected multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
The US Federal Trade Commission said today that Americans reported losses of more than $5.8 billion to fraud during last year, a massive total increase of over 70% compared to the losses reported in 2020. The FTC added a total of roughly 5.7 million consumer reports to its Consumer Sentinel Network secure online database in 2021.
Our newest report takes a closer look at one of the most targeted industries today - healthcare. As exhausted healthcare professionals struggle with an extraordinary situation, their IT departments face critical skills and staffing shortages.
Analysis of the recently-emerged Entropy ransomware reveals code-level similarities with the general purpose Dridex malware that started as a banking trojan. Two Entropy ransomware attacks against different organizations allowed researchers to connect the dots and establish a connection between the two pieces of malware.
Analysis of the recently-emerged Entropy ransomware reveals code-level similarities with the general purpose Dridex malware that started as a banking trojan. Two Entropy ransomware attacks against different organizations allowed researchers to connect the dots and establish a connection between the two pieces of malware.
Microsoft, Apple and Google top the list of the most spoofed brands in 2021. Microsoft, Apple and Google were the top three brands criminals attempted to mimic in 2021, according to IBM's newly released X-Force Threat Intelligence Index.
A Berlin-based company has developed an AirTag clone that bypasses Apple's anti-stalker security systems. Source code for these AirTag clones is available online.
A Data Protection Impact Assessment has been published by a Dutch ministry, noting that Microsoft still has work to do if the country's institutions are to use the company's products without all manner of mitigations. The DPIA - issued by the Netherland's department of Justice and Security - focused on Teams, OneDrive, Sharepoint and Azure Active Directory and was conducted by SLM Rijk, the central negotiator for Microsoft, Google and AWS for Dutch government organisations, and by SURF, the central IT procurement organisation for Dutch universities.
Ransomware attacks extended into the industrial sector last year to such a degree that this type of incident became the number one threat in the industrial sector. Two ransomware groups, LockBit and Conti, have been most active compromising organizations with an Industrial Control System/Operational Technology environment in 2021.