Researchers on Thursday reported that hackers are using standard tools within Google Docs/Drive to lead unsuspecting victims to fraudulent websites, stealing credentials in the process.
One issue states have traditionally faced with grant funding is that one time payments cannot fund projects requiring long term employement, training and equipment upgrades.
The most pervasive wisdom about preventing damage from ransomware is to backup systems. FujiFilm and Colonial Pipeline in fact, restored from back-ups. So in an era of increased concern about ransomware, is solving the ransomware scourge as simple as investing in some backups? If only.
The incident is the latest in what appears to be another ransomware wave against health care organizations, after a previous onslaught of attacks and EHR outages in the fall of 2020.
One of the group’s most notable incidents took place earlier this year when they attempted to extort major companies like Shell, Qualys, Jones Day, Flagstar and others who utilized the Accellion file transfer system.
Tangible impacts to corporate earnings, combined with the multi-million dollar ransom payouts by Colonial Pipeline and JBS, demonstrate a reality that more and more in the cybersecurity community are beginning to acknowledge: Ransomware is emerging as a cost of doing business, grabbing the attention not just of security leaders, but the entire C-suite, boards, and even Wall Street investors.
