Ransomware and Cybersecurity Blog
Data Exfiltration 101: How Threat Actors Compromise Networks
Data exfiltration 101 describes the types of attacks that lead to data exfiltration and why 83% of all attacks rely on it as the primary vector.
The New Insider Threat: Are ransomware groups recruiting your employees?
Ransomware groups are using increasingly sophisticated technology and infrastructure to carry out attacks while adopting new tactics to pressurize their victims such as recruiting your employees.
Ransomware Group Tactics in 2022
The cybercrime landscape is changing, and ransomware group tactics are shifting accordingly On January 14th, 2022, Russian authorities announced they had dismantled REvil, the aggressive ransomware groups that made headlines [...]
Ransomware as a Service: Industrialized Cybercrime is the New Normal
Industrialized cybercrime, critical infrastructure attacks and sky-high ransoms are just the beginning of ransomware as a service business models.
Anti Data Exfiltration versus Endpoint Security
Where traditional Endpoint Security relies on sensitive data matching algorithms, Anti Data Exfiltration uses a more sophisticated approach and monitors outbound traffic on endpoints, and restricts data from leaving the network.
2021 Ransomware Attack Report
In 2020 and 2021 BlackFog measured publicly disclosed attacks globally. The 2021 ransomware attack report summarizes these findings and highlights the key trends as we enter 2022.
The State of Ransomware in 2021
Following on from our State of Ransomware 2020 blog, we’ll be tracking the 2021 publicized ransomware attacks each month to share with you via this blog. This year we expect the number of attacks to increase and newer forms to become more sophisticated and disruptive.
Bracing for the Inevitable: 5 Security Predictions for 2022
From continued ramifications of the pandemic and the increasing sophistication and frequency in cyber attacks, the past year was truly one for the record books. We look at the 5 most likely security predictions for 2022.
Top 5 Cyberattacks of 2021
2021 is already a record-breaking year for the cybercrime industry. We discuss the top 5 cyberattacks of 2021 and how they might have been prevented.