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US Marshals Service suffers security breach

Sensitive law enforcement information compromised.

Mar 1 2023 11:20AM

US CISA publishes ESXi ransomware recovery tool

As outbreak spreads.

Feb 9 2023 11:56AM

Ransomware outbreak spreads to USA

Old VMware bug still stinging users.

Feb 8 2023 11:45AM

Ransomware attack on data firm ION could take days to fix

Derivatives trades can't be processed.

Feb 3 2023 11:48AM

Ransomware task force recommends four action areas for government

To help put Singapore in better position to counter menace.

Dec 1 2022 11:52AM

India's top medical institute AIIMS yet to recover from ransomware attack

Investigators suspect North Korean or Chinese hackers for Nov 23 attack.

Nov 30 2022 6:57AM

Singapore sets up multi-agency counter ransomware task force

Less than a week after participating in international summit.

Oct 19 2022 9:49AM

Los Angeles school district target of ransomware attack

Over Labour Day weekend.

Sep 7 2022 11:35AM

Lack of business alignment 'Achilles Heel' of cyber security, says SCS expert

It is no longer just an IT issue.

Mar 17 2022 10:47AM

More than half of employees globally do not report data loss due to fear of embarrassment

Research revealed that 29% of employees lie to cover up accidentally deleted data stored in shared cloud drives and when discovered, the data was no longer recoverable.

Dec 15 2021 8:04AM

Ten pressure tactics by ransomware attackers

The new pressure tactics highlight the shift in ransomware pressure techniques from solely encrypting data to including other pain points, such as harassing employees.

Nov 8 2021 11:52AM

Singapore’s Fullerton Health breach sees massive loss of data from 400,000 people

This is another lesson to not let our guard down – even with third party vendors – and to assume that threat actors can always infiltrate your infrastructure anytime.

Nov 1 2021 4:44PM

Fortifying DNS security can better protect the healthcare sector

The large amounts of patient and insurance data used in healthcare has made the industry attractive to cyber breaches. DNS is one of the mostly commonly used attack vectors. How can we prevent them?

Oct 26 2021 10:02AM

Manufacturing and production industries more able to handle ransomware attacks

The need to prepare proper recovery measures is critical should a ransomware attack occur – but for manufacturing and production companies, this may mean restoring data from backups and not submitting to demands.

Oct 20 2021 8:10AM

Will Black Matter turn the tide on ransomware behaviour and do good?

This new ransomware group shares many similarities with its predecessors, but claims that it will steal from the rich only and spare critical infrastructure from its attacks.

Sep 1 2021 8:03AM

Tokio Marine’s Singapore branch hit by ransomware attack

Other Tokio Marine group companies were not impacted by the attack.

Aug 23 2021 9:32AM

Three ways you can protect your data from ransomware

Cyber security tools are not guaranteed protection from ransomware, but a data protection strategy will better equip you to minimise the impact of the attack and recover from it.

Aug 3 2021 8:03AM

Ransomware was a dominant threat in Singapore in 2020. What can we do?

The growth in ransomware attacks reflected a worrying worldwide trend and Singapore similarly was not spared. Industry players were not surprised and shared their advice for businesses.

Jul 14 2021 8:05AM

Ransomware is now the leading cyber threat vector, and it’s getting worse

Ransomware attacks have increased three-fold since 2018 which saw companies losing $20 billion last year. What’s worrying is that we’re only five months into 2021 and there is no end in sight on how bad it will get.

May 24 2021 8:13AM

Ransomware attacks moving into an insidious ‘double extortion’ model

Hackers are now publishing samples of the stolen data on the public Internet to prove their intentions, putting additional pressure on victims to meet their demands.

May 17 2021 8:03AM