Tag: cybercrime

US IT provider Kaseya has become the latest in a growing line of organisations to suffer a cyberattack at the hands of the REvil ransomware group.

Honeywell has found the number of cyber threats that use USB sticks and other external media devices as a launch point has doubled during 2021.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland has said the country’s private industry needs to enact better safeguards to avoid consequences in the event of a cyberattack.

Cybersecurity company Illumio has grown its valuation to $2.75bn after it raked in $225m in a Series F funding round.

Sao Paulo-based medical diagnostics company Grupo Fleury has revealed it has suffered a ransomware attack that has led to it taking its systems offline.

US nuclear weapons contractor Sol Oriens has revealed it has suffered a ransomware cyberattack allegedly by the REvil ransomware group.

The G7 has called on Russia to take stronger action on ransomware attacks and cybercrime that has occurred within their borders.

Food processing company JBS Foods has confirmed it has paid an $11m million ransom payment to end a ransomware cyberattack on its global operations.

The US Department of Justice (D.O.J) has revealed it has recovered the majority of the $4.4m ransom payment paid by Colonial Pipeline to the DarkSide ransomware variant.

As the number of people using services online has ballooned over the last year due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the threat posed by cybercriminals around the world has grown even stronger. How can companies and governments alike deal with this coming storm?