In early 2024, a Nigerian hacker was arrested for defrauding two U.S. non-profits and stealing over $7 million (USD). He amassed this amount of ill-gotten
In the summer of 2024, a Russian ransomware gang launched an attack on a UK pathology services provider. However, the group didn’t just encrypt the
Imagine a scenario where an employee receives an email from a colleague, asking for login credentials to a valuable application within their organisation. The recipient,
Since its introduction into cybersecurity in the late 1980s as a tool for detecting unusual activity, artificial intelligence (AI) has grown in popularity and functionality,
What is Ransomware-as-a-Service? Ransomware-as-a-service is a business model where ransomware operators and third parties, called “affiliates,” work together to launch ransomware attacks. RaaS was first
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Through a marketplace on the dark web, a threat actor is able to purchase leaked credentials for the email account of an executive at an
In the spring of 2024, the FBI warned U.S citizens of a spear phishing campaign by state-sponsored North Korean threat actors. By exploiting an improperly
A threat actor sends an email to a user at an organisation claiming to be from the IT department. They need a password to a
An employee at a large organisation is doing research for a client and clicks on what they believe is a legitimate website. What they don’t
On April 12, 2024, Palo Alto Networks published a security advisory detailing an actively exploited maximum severity zero-day vulnerability affecting the GlobalProtect feature of PAN-OS.
A ransomware attack is underway. The threat actor has gained initial access to an endpoint and executed malicious code on it. As far as the
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One of the more common forms of fileless malware that’s making the rounds across organisations cloud environments, is something called PyLoose. In rotation since 2014,
There were nearly 29,000 vulnerabilities published in 2023, 3,800 more than in 2022. More troubling than the sheer volume of vulnerabilities in 2023 is that
Government entities were in the top five industries targeted by both ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) attacks in 2023, according to Arctic Wolf. Additionally,
Over the past few years, ransomware attack rates and ransom amounts have climbed so significantly that the cyber attack has broken out of the IT
Recent research by Arctic Wolf has revealed that, within the last 12 months, 48% of organisations identified evidence of a successful breach within their environment.
In Arctic Wolf’s The State of Cybersecurity: 2024 Trends Report, we asked organisations what their primary area of concern was regarding cybersecurity, and for the
When it comes to cybercrime, there are few tactics as useful and widespread as credential theft and the use of stolen credentials. In the 2023
While often considered a newer threat, and rightly so given its fast-rising dominance among the cybercrime landscape, ransomware is not a recent innovation in the
Summary On 2 May 2024, Arctic Wolf Labs began monitoring deployment of a new ransomware variant referred to as Fog. The ransomware activity was observed
Schools, colleges, and universities store massive amounts of personal information for students, parents, and employees. This means that, while they may not make the news
A law firm can only be successful if it can meet the needs of its clients, and few components put that success at risk more
Over the past decade, cybercrime has become a big business — a $1.5T USD industry with an entire ecosystem of criminal organisations run like legitimate
It’s no secret that the manufacturing industry has found themselves in the crosshairs of threat actors in recent years. With a low tolerance for downtime,
As cybercrime evolves, one avenue for attack has risen to prominence across the world: Ransomware. According to Arctic Wolf’s State of Cybersecurity 2023 Trends Report,
Microsoft PowerShell is a ubiquitous piece of software. It’s also, unfortunately, a major attack vector for threat actors. Once a threat actor has initial access
If a malware attack is successful, it can result in lost revenue, unexpected down time, stolen data, and more costly consequences. With over 450,000 new
When a ransomware group launched twin cyber attacks on casino giants MGM and Caesars, they only needed the accidental participation of the organizations’ outsourced IT
