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Cyberpion announced a strategic reseller agreement with LS International targeting enterprises based in Switzerland and Europe. Cyberpion's Ecosystem Risk Discovery Program will provide LS International with a non-intrusive approach to identify and attract potential customers, using a step-by-step process to create tailored remediation and ongoing continuous protection plans that includes technical and sales support.
If you feel like you've read a lot about ransomware in recent months, it's because these attacks have indeed intensified. In 2020, ransomware attacks surged by 150 percent, with the average payment size increasing by more than 170 percent.
Ransomware attacks can devastate an organization in obvious ways, most notably by preventing it and its customers or users from accessing critical data and resources. A report released Wednesday by cybersecurity firm Cybereason looks at the different effects of a ransomware attack and offers advice on how to protect yourself from an attack in the first place.
Making matters worse, the overwhelming majority of ransomware attacks now include a threat to leak stolen data if the ransom isn't paid, a technique called "Double extortion." Preventing ransomware attacks requires a layered approach that combines security defenses with proactive measures to prevent ransomware from taking hold in the first place.
A malware campaign targeting South Korean entities that came to light earlier this year has been attributed to a North Korean nation-state hacking group called Andariel, once again indicating that Lazarus attackers are following the trends and their arsenal is in constant development. Designated as part of the Lazarus constellation, Andariel is known for unleashing attacks on South Korean organizations and businesses using specifically tailored methods created for maximum effectivity.
Zscaler released a report on the state of corporate attack surfaces. As businesses began offering more remote work options, their attack surfaces grew concurrently with their dispersed workforce.
Poland's parliament said it will hold a closed-door session Wednesday to discuss a wave of cyber attacks against the EU member that the government called "Unprecedented". Morawiecki, who had requested the session, plans to present secret documents concerning the "Wide scale" of the attacks, according to government spokesman Piotr Muller.
Japanese multinational corporation Fujifilm on Monday reported that it has restored operations following a recent ransomware attack. On June 4, the company announced that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down its network.
Targeting the specific sub-class of side-channel attacks against cache carried out by shared software, TimeCache is claimed to offer perfect protection with a tiny performance impact, while keeping all of the lovely benefits of sharing things in the first place. "Our defence against timing side channels through shared software retains the benefits of allowing processes to utilise the entire cache capacity of a shared cache," the pair explained in a paper presented at the ACM/IEEE 48th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture.
Apple issued two out-of-band security fixes for its Safari web browser, fixing zero-day vulnerabilities that "May have been actively exploited," according to a Monday security bulletin by the company. The bugs affect sixth-generation Apple iPhones, iPads and iPod touch model hardware, released between 2013 and 2018.