Cybercrime Cost U.S. $6.9 Billion in 2021

The FBI's annual look at phishing, scam, and personal data breach statistics is out.

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AvosLocker Ransomware Targeting Critical Infrastructure

The ransomware-as-a-service group continues to target critical infrastructure in the U.S.

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RagnarLocker Ransomware Connected to Hacks at 52 Organizations

New guidance from the FBI contains IOCs and technical details on how the ransomware spreads.

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OCR Urges Organizations to Secure Health Information in 2022

The Director of HHS OCR called on healthcare organizations this week to strengthen their cyber posture in 2022.

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Fraud Cost Americans $5.8 Billion in 2021

Americans lost more than 70% more to fraud last year than the year before, proof that tactics used by scammers from the early days of the pandemic are still working.

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Federal Advisory Highlights Increased Globalized Ransomware Threat

A joint advisory on ransomware issued by the FBI, CISA, and the NSA recapped ransomware activity in 2021 and showed why the threat continues to loom large for enterprises.

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Engineering Data Protection by Design

Appropriate safeguards, both technical and organizational, must be integrated into data processing operations from the very early steps.

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Friday Five 1/28

The Linux PolicyKit bug, $770 million lost in social media scams, and more - catch up on the infosec news of the week with the Friday Five!

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Ransomware Groups Turning to Insiders to Help with Attacks

A new survey suggests there's been an uptick in ransomware groups reaching out to employees in hopes they can help them carry out attacks against their company.

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CISA Adds 17 Vulnerabilities to Exploited Bug Catalog

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 17 vulnerabilities to its list of bugs actively being exploited in attacks. Federal agencies need to fix 10 of them by next week.

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