On Oct. 17, a triumphant message suddenly appeared on the official dark web leak page of the Trigona ransomware group. Later copied to X (formerly Twitter) by a group calling itself the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance, it read as follows: “Trigona is gone! The servers of the Trigona ransomware gang has been exfiltrated and wiped out.” […]
Sponsored Post: Palo Alto Networks. One of the most impactful cybersecurity strategies an organization can employ is the use of tabletop exercises. These simulated ‘what-if’ scenarios are not exclusive to the realm of cybersecurity. For example, coastal cities practice evacuation plans for potential storms, while police forces run drills in preparation for terrorist attacks. In […]
Sponsored Post: Nasuni. File backup is broken and no one is talking about it. The most recent uptick in ransomware attacks has exposed a fallacy that the industry has been supporting and re-enforcing for decades. Large companies running modern backup software and following recommended best practices are being brought down to their knees for weeks […]
Readers of this blog won’t be surprised by the idea that there’s a lot of ransomware out and about these days. Exactly how much depends on which source is used as a reference point, but perhaps fretting about numbers and whether they’re increasing is to miss the point. What matters most is how we measure […]
Sponsored Post: Nasuni. Ransomware attacks are on the rise this year. In the past, one of our customers would suffer an attack every few months. Now two or three customers might be hit in a single weekend. Ransomware attacks have evolved, and the pandemic seems to have emboldened malicious agents looking to take advantage of […]
In late September, the FBI sent a private industry notification warning organizations about a disturbing new dual ransomware attack trend: victims being hit by two or more ransomware strains in a single attack. This is ominous for at least three reasons. First, the FBI describes this as a trend—that is, something that’s more than an […]
