Security Program Controls/Technologies

Who pays for business interruption related to ransomware attacks? More lawsuits are targeting businesses and vendors.

The development comes after a botched update for the CrowdStrike Falcon platform resulted in an IT outage that impacted 8.5 million Windows machines.

Five Android apps downloaded from the Google Play Store have facilitated the distribution of a stealthier iteration of the Mandrake Android spyware. 

Vulnerable VMware ESXi hypervisors belonging to a North American engineering firm have been compromised by the Storm-0506 ransomware group.

Russia-based ransomware gangs LockBit, ALPHV/BlackCat, Black Basta, Cl0p, Play and Akira accounted for 69% of all cryptocurrency ransom payments in 2023.

Malware attacks have been launched by threat actors against Germany-based CrowdStrike customers.