WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – Hundreds of American businesses were hit Friday by an unusually sophisticated ransomware attack that hijacked widely used technology management software from a Miami-based supplier called Kaseya. The attackers changed a Kaseya tool called VSA, used by companies that manage technology at smaller businesses. They then encrypted the files of those providers’ customers simultaneously. Security…
After years of warnings, the impact of ransomware finally hits home for regular people. SAN FRANCISCO — It can feel abstract: A group of organized but faceless criminals hijacking corporate computer systems and demanding millions of dollars in exchange for their safe return. But the impact of these ransomware attacks is increasingly, unavoidably, real for everyday people. These crimes have resulted…
Any time is too long, but hackers are finding ways to wander through networks unseen for longer than you might expect. Cyberattackers on average have 11 days after breaching a target network before they’re being detected, according to UK security firm Sophos – and often when they are spotted it’s because they’ve deployed ransomware. As Sophos researchers note in a…
Not a week goes by anymore, it seems like, when we don’t have multiple hacks to report on, as well as a fresh data breach or systems intrusion on the part of attackers constantly probing for weaknesses anywhere that consumer records are stored. Many of these episodes garner headlines simply because of the scale of the data breach and the target…
For the past several weeks, on tweeter and within the company, the chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, Mr Chuck Robbins has been very vocal about the struggle for social justice; domestically and globally. During the recent pandemic, Cisco donated $5M to the Equal JusticeInitiative and other groups that are focused on fighting the lack of equal justice for…
There’s some bad news for Meta, in the form of a…
Search giant Google on Friday released an out-of-band security update to…
LastPass maintains that passwords remain safely encrypted. Password manager LastPass announced Wednesday…
