image copyright Getty Images. About sharing The world’s largest meat processing company has paid the equivalent of $11m (£7.8m) in ransom to put an end to a major cyber-attack.
In a ransomware attack, hackers get into a computer network and threaten to cause disruption or delete files unless a ransom in cryptocurrency is paid.
Member organisations will be able to make committee nominations as the Council prepares to commence activities and develop the profession London – August 26th 2021 – The UK Cyber Security Council, the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector, today announced that it has begun accepting applications from organisations for membership. Any…
FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions, today issued an update on the security incident regarding the Accellion FTA file transfer solution. Qualys received new information about a previously identified zero-day exploit in a third-party solution, Accellion FTA that Qualys deployed to…
Cybersecurity company Radware is in talks to sell itself to private equity firm Siris Capital, CNBC reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the American-Israeli company rose 7.3 percent in afternoon trade. The deal is not assured and the talks may fall apart, the CNBC report added. Radware did not immediately…
Brandon Rochat, Sales Director: Africa, Cybereason. Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber security threats globally. It is estimated that there is a ransomware attack on a business every 11 seconds on average, with global ransomware damage losses projected to reach $20 billion this year. According to PurpleSec’s 2021 Cyber Security Trends report, cyber crime…
Written by Tim Starks Jul 28, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Digital sleuths at cyber threat intelligence firms have found clues that a seemingly new ransomware organization has links to DarkSide and REvil, two gangs that suddenly disappeared shortly after major attacks. From the moment DarkSide vanished following the Colonial Pipeline incident and REvil went dark after…
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s open to an exchange of criminal hackers with the United States. American President Joe Biden said he would raise the issue with Putin of extraditing Russian hackers wanted in the U.S. at their summit on Wednesday, and Putin appears willing to reciprocate. ″If…
