Ransomware Reckoning & More
Ping - A Firewalls.com Podcast
English - October 07, 2020 15:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBusiness Technology network security cybersecurity firewall firewalls information security cyber news ransomware sonicwall sophos fortinet Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ransomware gets the spotlight on Episode 30 of Ping: A Firewalls.com Podcast. We start with our latest edition of Ransomware Reckoning, spotlighting a case that affected COVID-19 clinical trials.
Then it's onto headlines. We discuss a Europol survey suggesting many victims don't report ransomware attacks to authorities, and why that's a bad thing. Plus how U.S.-based organizations may face major penalties for paying ransoms to certain organizations.
In other news, hear about a new version of Google Chrome with a feature to help better ID phishing. And in another case of cyber attacks affecting day to day life, we discuss a breach of multiple Switzerland universities that led to stolen employee paychecks.
Read the stories:
Clinical Trial Software Company Hit By Massive Ransomware Attack
https://www.biospace.com/article/clinical-trial-software-company-eresearchtechnology-hit-by-ransomware-attack/
Ransomware victims aren't reporting attacks to police. That's causing a big problem…https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-victims-arent-reporting-attacks-to-police-thats-causing-a-big-problem/
Ransomware Victims That Pay Up Could Incur Steep Fines from Uncle Sam
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/ransomware-victims-that-pay-up-could-incur-steep-fines-from-uncle-sam/comment-page-1/
Truncated URLs Look to Make Big Dent in Phishing
https://www.darkreading.com/risk/truncated-urls-look-to-make-big-dent-in-phishing/a/d-id/1338969
Hackers stole a six-figure amount from Swiss universities
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/109100/hacking/swiss-universities-hacked.html?web_view=true
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