DarkSide hacker group says it will disband
DarkSide, a hacker group that has been in the news several times in recent weeks because of ransomware attacks, says it is throwing in the towel. The group would no longer have access to its infrastructure.
The Wall Street Journal reports this based on information from security research firms Fi... Read more
European subsidiary of Toshiba hit by ransomware attack
Toshiba Tec France Imaging Systems has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The company is a subsidiary of Toshiba that focuses on point-of-sale equipment and multifunction printers.
Reuters reports that the attack was carried out by DarkSide, the same group of hackers who were behind the recen... Read more
Veeam adds ransomware protection to Kasten K10
The latest version of Kasten K10 includes a new feature to protect Kubernetes environments from ransomware attacks. The feature, called data immutability, is the most significant update to Kasten K10 since Veeam acquired Kasten last year, Veeam claims.
The ransomware protection is part of Kasten... Read more
QNAP patches critical vulnerabilities that enabled ransomware attacks
QNAP has released multiple updates against vulnerabilities that were actively being exploited. The company recommends users install the updates immediately to protect against the Qlocker and eCh0raix ransomware.
Recently, a large number of QNAP NAS devices have fallen victim to the Qlocker and e... Read more
‘Over half of ransomware victims pay the ransom’
More than half of users who fall victim to ransomware decide to pay the ransom. However, only around a quarter of all victims actually manage to recover their lost files.
This is shown in research by security company Kaspersky. The company asked 15,000 people around the world about their experie... Read more
‘More data breaches in 2020 than in 15 years before combined’
In the past year, there has been a huge increase in the number of data breaches. This number is said to have risen to more than in the previous fifteen years combined.
This is what the analysis bureau Canalys says based on its own research. According to the company, ransomware attacks have incre... Read more
’92 percent of Exchange servers have been patched’
Microsoft estimates that 92 percent of vulnerable Exchange servers have now received a patch. This suggests that the vast majority of IT administrators are taking the problems seriously.
The data comes from a tweet by Microsoft Security Response. In this tweet, the company says that 92 percent o... Read more
Acer has to pay 50 million in ransomware attack
Computer manufacturer Acer appears to have been hit by a ransomware attack. A number of documents from the company have ended up on the website of a hacker group. The group is demanding a ransom of 50 million dollars.
The attackers in question are hacker group REvil. The leaked documents include... Read more
Microsoft Defender automatically patches Exchange vulnerability
Microsoft has added a tool to its Defender antivirus software that automatically closes critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. With this, the company hopes to reduce the number of vulnerable systems even faster.
The automatic tool focuses specifically on vulnerability CVE-2021-26... Read more
Clop ransomware making grounds, security company Qualys also affected
Qualys, a company specialising in cloud security, appears to be the latest victim of the Clop ransomware circulating recently. Internal files of the company have appeared on the blog of the hackers behind Clop.
The French website LeMagIT brought the news to light. The attackers behind the ransom... Read more