Threats and Risks

Of cyberattack cases reported to Kroll in 2020, over a third involved ransomware

Targets include journalists, dissidents, human rights activists and critics of authoritarian regimes and their families

Researchers observe multiple attempts to deploy a Khonsari ransomware that hits Windows machines by making use of Log4Shell bug

Service has 'a very low level of cybersecurity maturity' finds PwC

New flaw is much less severe than the Log4jshell vulnerability, but admins are advised to update Log4j once again

One zero-day addressed has been observed in active attacks

Patch Log4j urgently admins urged, as memories of 2017 Equifax hack loom large

Cybercriminals now try to use MSPs' own internal tools against them

The company is now directing Nickel's traffic to its own servers

Unlike James Bond's Q, the spy agency cannot develop all the technologies it needs in-house