Cybercrime

The volume of ransomware attacks has jumped 50% in the past three months, according to data produced at Check Point

Europol’s 2020 cybercrime report updates on the latest trends and the current impact of cybercrime within the EU and beyond.

Apple fans are being warned to stay alert following the discovery of an online scam promising early access to the rumored iPhone 12.

As Adobe’s Flash Player approaches end-of-life, the National Cyber Security Centre is urging organisations to fix their Flash dependencies

New advisory from the US government warns cyber insurance and incident response specialists that they could be skating on thin ice if they help ransomware victims pay their attackers off

This guidance helps private and public sector organisations deal with the effects of malware (which includes ransomware). It provides actions to help organisations prevent a malware infection, and also steps to take if you're already infected.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware-and-ransomware-attacks

Software firm paid off a ransomware gang, believed its hackers when they said they had destroyed the data, and has now discovered the cyber criminals accessed even more sensitive information than it thought

Bank account information and users' passwords are among details feared stolen by hackers in a security breach at a service used to raise donations from millions of people.

Paying to get stolen data back following a ransomware attack often seems the only course of action, but you may pay double in the long run

IBM Security examined several concerning ransomware for this year, as well as an exponential increase in ransom demands and massive spike in attacks during the spring.