Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Unified Platforms Reduce Risk, Cost From Ransomware and AI ThreatsLeaders must maximize existing infrastructure as ransomware and AI-driven threats raise costs and risk. In order to extract more value from current hardware, organizations must strengthen resilience through private cloud architectures, improved storage efficiency and automated recovery.

They also hallucinate when writing ransomware code Interview With everyone from would-be developers to six-year-old kids jumping on the vibe coding bandwagon, it shouldn't be surprising that criminals like automated coding tools too.…

Precision Agriculture Boost Yields but Opens Farmers to Cybersecurity RiskPrecision agriculture is transforming U.S. farming with sensors, drones and automation, boosting productivity yields. But growing digital dependence is also expanding the attack surface, exposing farms to ransomware, disruption and rising cybersecurity risk.

ReliaQuest warns that initial access vulnerability exploitation is driving successful ransomware attacks

Building automation giant Johnson Controls is notifying individuals whose data was stolen in a massive ransomware attack that impacted the company's operations worldwide in September 2023. [...]

A new ransomware campaign is automating LockBit deployment via the Phorpiex botnet, according to Cybereason

The Black Basta ransomware operation created an automated brute-forcing framework dubbed 'BRUTED' to breach edge networking devices like firewalls and VPNs. [...]

Acronis President Gaidar Magdanurov discusses the need for immutable backups in the current threat landscape and highlights the benefits of integrating security measures with backup systems to facilitate automated recovery from ransomware attacks and minimize downtime.

Energy management and automation giant Schneider Electric suffered a Cactus ransomware attack leading to the theft of corporate data, according to people familiar with the matter. [...]

Johnson Controls International has suffered what is described as a massive ransomware attack that encrypted many of the company devices, including VMware ESXi servers, impacting the company's and its subsidiaries' operations. [...]

The volume of cybersecurity vulnerabilities is rising, with close to 30% more vulnerabilities found in 2022 vs. 2018. Costs are also rising, with a data breach in 2023 costing $4.45M on average vs. $3.62M in 2017

The attack highlights growing interest among threat actors to target data from software-as-a-service providers.

Swiss multinational company ABB, a leading electrification and automation technology provider, has suffered a Black Basta ransomware attack, reportedly impacting business operations. [...]

"White Phoenix" automated tool for recovering data on partially encrypted files hit with ransomware is available on GitHub.

Misconfigured cloud and IT assets open the door to a wide range of cyber risks. Automated, continuous cybersecurity monitoring lets organizations watch accounts and systems for exposures in real time and maintain strong attack surface risk management.

There’s no HumOR in cyberattacks At last year's Ignite show, Microsoft talked up a capability in its 365 Defender that automatically detects and disrupts a cyberattack while still in progress, hopefully stopping or reducing any resulting damage. Now it's extending that to include additional criminal areas.…

The Russia-linked LockBit ransomware group claims to be behind the attack that fouled automated transactions for dozens of clients of financial technology firm ION Group.

Security executives are leaning into the powerful twinning of XDR and automated management to reduce the risk and impact of ransomware.

Most of the attacks involve the use of automated exploits, security vendor says.

The innovative ransomware targets NAS devices, has a multitiered payment and extortion scheme as well as a flexible configuration, and takes a heavily automated approach.