Tag: intrusion

New Europol report sheds light on malware, DDoS attacks, unveils ransomware groups’ business structures

New Europol report sheds light on malware, DDoS attacks, unveils ransomware groups’ business structures

Europol published this week a spotlight report that examines developments in cyber-attacks, discussing new methodologies and threats as observed by the agency’s operational analysts. The report outlines the types of criminal structures that are behind cyber-attacks, and how these increasingly…

cybersecurity insurance

IT-OT collaboration calls for reconceptualizing of cybersecurity insurance

The intersection of IT and OT technology is demanding the reevaluation of an organization’s cybersecurity insurance ransomware response policy, as cybersecurity incidents and ransomware attacks are rising. Organizations are at an inflection point where the potential for cyber threats arising…

OT environments

OT environments continue to face cybersecurity challenges following increased digitalization

OT environments continue to face cybersecurity challenges, some of which were exacerbated by the shift to working from home due to COVID-19 pandemic, Fortinet identified in its latest report on the sector. The pandemic also accelerated IT-OT network convergence for…

Fortinet FortiGate VPN systems intrusion

Vulnerability in Fortinet’s legacy Fortigate VPN systems exposes close to 50,000 credentials

Fortinet said on Monday that in the last 60 days it has become aware that threat actors were scanning the internet for unpatched devices and sent out “another, even more tailored email notification directly to the 50K+ customers,” who have…