Industrial Spy: Selling Stolen Data to Competitors
Industrial Spy is a new way of selling stolen data of victims to competitors. Companies can buy their competitors’ trade secrets for millions of dollars – or as little as $2.
Beyond the Ransom: The True Cost of Ransomware Attacks
The True Cost of Ransomware Attacks highlights the downtime costs, reputational damage and the cost of new security implementations when trying to recover from a ransomware attack.
The State of Ransomware in 2022
In 2020, 2021 and now 2022, BlackFog measured publicly disclosed attacks globally. We also produced an annual summary of our findings in the 2021 ransomware attack report. In 2022 we will be tracking even more statistics, such as data exfiltration and several others as the year progresses.
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 after successfully attacking Colonial Pipeline. Several of its leading members were arrested in a large-scale operation that took place over [...]
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.
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.
Anonymous Ransomware Attack Tools
Over the last few years, leaked data from some of the most devastating cyberattacks has found its way onto the Dark Web, a trend that seems to be increasing with the notable rise in double extortion ransomware attacks. Ransomware attack tools are routinely used to carry out these attacks. Every day [...]
The Shift from Ransomware to Data Theft Extortion
With data theft extortion, instead of a single ransom demand, there may be hundreds or thousands. In most cases, cybercriminals are adopting a dual-revenue model where a single, large-scale ransom demand is accompanied by individual ransoms for affected parties.
