Verizon DBIR: Healthcare Fends Off Increased Social Engineering Attacks
Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tactics make the sector more vulnerable.
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Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tactics make the sector more vulnerable.
Flashpoint published its 2025 mid-year ransomware report that highlighted the top five most prolific groups currently in operation.
The country will require certain organizations to report ransomware payments and communications within 72 hours after they're made or face potential civil penalties.
The losses are 33% higher than the year before, with phishing leading the way as the most-reported cybercrime last year, and ransomware was the top threat to critical infrastructure, according to the FBI Internet Crime Report.
Cloud service providers are getting better at protecting data, pushing adversaries to develop new cloud ransomware scripts to target PHP applications, a new report says.
The attack highlights growing interest among threat actors to target data from software-as-a-service providers.
Attackers primarily target on-premises IT infrastructures.
Mandiant's Charles Charmakal joins Dark Reading's Terry Sweeney at Dark Reading News Desk during RSA Conference to discuss the company's latest annual M-trends report.
Respondents indicate organizations are unprepared to handle cyberwarfare, there's no one-size-fits-all response to ransomware, and cybersecurity spending is on the rise.
Annual survey uncovers surprising data but warns against complacency.
Increasing complexity in IT continues to lead to breaches and compromises, highlighting the need for more holistic approaches to cyber protection.
Wide use of Microsoft 365 applications by business lets phishers easily launch data theft, BEC, ransomware, and other attacks, new report finds.
Titaniam’s ‘State of Data Exfiltration & Extortion Report’ also finds that while over 70% of organizations had heavy investments in prevention, detection, and backup solutions, the majority of victims ended up giving into attackers' demands.
In just one month, the ransomware group's activity rose by 2,100%, a new report finds.
New federal cybersecurity rules will set timelines for critical infrastructure sector organizations — those in chemical, manufacturing, healthcare, defense contracting, energy, financial, nuclear, or transportation — to report ransomware payments and cyberattacks to CISA. All parties have to comply for it to work and help protect assets.
Ransomware remained the most prevalent and impactful type of data security incident.
Record-setting ransomware attacks, a shortage of skilled personnel, and low security awareness across the workforce cause headaches for IT security teams.