How Economic Headwinds Influence the Ransomware Ecosystem
Inflation, cryptocurrency market volatility, and the ability to invest in defenses all influence the impact and severity of a ransomware attack, according to incident response efforts and ransomware negotiators.
New research reveals flaws in security team performance metrics
IDC's survey of 900 security leaders reveals widespread use of volume-based metrics for team performance. How do we shift from measuring activity to measuring true impact?
Threat Actor Impersonates Booking.com in Phishing Scheme
Microsoft detailed a sophisticated campaign that relies on a social engineering technique, "ClickFix," in which a phisher uses security verification like captcha to give the target a false sense of safety.
Ransomware Developer Extradited, Admits Working for LockBit
Law enforcement discovered admin credentials on the suspect's computer for an online repository hosted on the Dark Web that stored source code for multiple versions of the LockBit builder.