“All our IT systems are fully operational, no funds have been lost and we will communicate fully to our members on the conclusion of the police investigation. We can confirm that this attack has not affected the membership portal…,” the NSRA said.
According to BakerHostetler, the average ransom paid hit $600,688, up from $511,957 the year before, though still below the peak of $794,620 in pandemic-ravaged 2020. About 40 percent of victims paid a ransom.
This week, thousands of students at several U.S. schools, such as Bluefield University, BridgeValley Community and Technical College, Penncrest School District, and Truman State University, are feeling the impact of ransomware and other cyberattacks.
Security analysts face the demanding task of investigating and resolving increasing volumes of alerts daily, while adapting to an ever-changing threat landscape and keeping up with new technology.
FortiGuard Labs researchers are warning of a spike in malicious attacks targeting TBK DVR devices. Threat actors are attempting to exploit a five-year-old authentication bypass issue, tracked as CVE-2018-9995 (CVSS score of 9.8), in TBK DVR devices.
Organizations have strengthened security measures and become more resilient, but threat actors are still finding ways through, according to BakerHostetler. A reduction in ransomware matters in 2022 reversed course by the end of the year.
Late last week, the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware group posted on its website that 4TB of company data had been hacked, including employee CVs, IDs, financial reports, accounting data, client documentation, credit card data, and a complete network map.
The Online Safety Bill, the United Kingdom’s landmark effort to regulate social media giants, gives regulator Ofcom the power to require tech companies to identify child sex abuse material in private messages.
Capita, the country’s largest outsourcing company, holds contracts to administer the payment systems for pension funds used by more than 4 million individuals in Britain.
“We are working diligently to investigate the incident, confirm its impact on our systems, and securely restore functionality to our environment as soon as possible,” the district said in a statement.