Arlington, Va. and Santa Clara, Calif. – July 28, 2021 – GroupSense, a digital risk protection services company, and Airgap, a cybersecurity provider of the industry’s first agentless Ransomware Kill Switch™, today announced a partnership to help customers prepare for and defend against ransomware attacks. By combining GroupSense’s Ransomware Response Readiness Subscription (R3S) service offering with Airgap’s Ransomware Kill Switch™ annual SaaS subscription, customers can microsegment their networks to automatically prevent the spread of ransomware during the incident mitigation lifecycle, and also have a comprehensive and tested ransomware “playbook” for mitigating the damage caused by these attacks.
GroupSense and Airgap Partnership Helps Companies Prepare for and Defend Against Ransomware Attacks
By Editorial Team on Jul 28, 2021 10:00:00 AM
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Many ransomware attacks go unreported. The FBI and Congress want to change that.
By External Author on Jul 27, 2021 7:30:00 PM
Congress, urged on by the nation’s top law enforcement agencies, is pushing to require companies to report ransomware attacks in an effort to help the government understand the scope of the threat.
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, representatives of the Justice Department, FBI, Secret Service and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency all said Congress should consider passing a bill forcing companies that have been hit by a cyberattack to tell the government.
Topics: News Ransomware
How crypto is supercharging ransomware attacks
By External Author on Jul 26, 2021 8:00:00 AM
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are becoming the preferred payment method in ransomware attacks, in which computer data is held hostage by malicious software. But crypto's anonymity means cybercriminals are becoming even harder to trace and prosecute.
Topics: News Video Ransomware
Software company’s unveiling of decryption key comes too late for many victims of devastating ransomware attack
By External Author on Jul 23, 2021 6:00:00 PM
On Thursday, the software company Kaseya announced that it could help unlock any of its customers’ systems that were still inaccessible following a devastating ransomware attack early this month that took down as many as 1,500 businesses worldwide. But for many victims it was too little, too late.
Topics: News Ransomware
Kaseya Gets Tool to Unlock Data After Ransomware Attack
By External Author on Jul 23, 2021 8:15:00 AM
The technology provider at the center of a ransomware attack this month said it obtained a tool to unlock data targeted by hackers in an incident that disrupted hundreds of firms in several countries.
Topics: News Ransomware
Podcast: Kurtis Minder, Ransomware Negotiator and CEO of Group Sense | What To Do When Your Data’s Being Held Ransom - Episode 27
By External Author on Jul 22, 2021 9:00:00 AM
Kurtis Minder joins Dominique Shelton Leipzig and David Biderman on the Decrypted Unscripted podcast to discuss how GroupSense’s team of cyberspies knows how to find where the bad guys are operating and work with clients to protect their data. He describes in detail how he became the “go-to” ransomware negotiator in the country. He also explains the dark web and how it helps criminals steal information and shares why his team has seen a steady increase in threat actors accessing data remotely over the last 12 months.
Topics: News Ransomware Podcast
Chat logs show how Egregor, an $80 million ransomware gang, handled negotiations with little mercy
By External Author on Jul 21, 2021 9:00:00 AM
In a series of ransomware payment negotiations last December, operatives from a gang known as “Egregor” alternated from treating their victims with surprising civility, and behaving like cartoonish movie villains.
Topics: News Ransomware
Podcast: What’s Next for REvil’s Victims?
By External Author on Jul 19, 2021 7:15:00 PM
Last week, the servers of ransomware giant REvil vanished.
Topics: News Ransomware Podcast
Podcast: Ransomware - a very 21st century crime
By External Author on Jul 18, 2021 8:45:00 AM
The rush to go digital during Covid-19 has coincided with a marked rise in ransomware attacks.
Topics: News Ransomware Podcast
Podcast: Threat actors changing ransomware tactics
By External Author on Jul 15, 2021 10:00:00 AM
Guest Kurtis Minder from GroupSense joins Dave to discuss divergent ransomware trends, the guys have a listener reminder about it being CompTIA, Joe, Dave has a story about a coupon scam in the Houston area, Joe's story is about a real estate rental scam and a scammer who likes to talk about his work, and our Catch of the Day is from a listener named Craig with an email about an unprofessional colleague and a questionable attachment.