Tag: Ransomware
Global Cyber Resilience survey reveals two-week disruption from cyber attacks
January 8, 2026SSN Staff
SEATTLE — Absolute Security has published comprehensive research revealing the state of enterprise Cyber Resilience. Among the top findings were that when hit with cybersecurity incidents and attacks, some organizations experienced operational disruptions that lasted as long as two weeks.
While the majority faced downtime that lasted nearly five days, none could recover business operations within a day.
Using data gathered from 750 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in the US...
Breaking the bank
December 9, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
Ransomware isn’t slowing down. In fact, it’s accelerating.
According to a new Financial Trend Analysis from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), ransomware payments reported under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) totaled more than $2.1 billion between 2022 and 2024, with 2023 marking a record-breaking year at $1.1 billion.
The report highlights the growing sophistication of ransomware actors, the industries most at risk, and the urgent...
Beyond the breach: Why cybersecurity must shift from recovery to readiness
August 15, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
PORTLAND, Ore. — The rules for cybersecurity are changing at an alarming rate – so fast that it’s time to throw out the old security playbook and write a new one, according to Dale “Dr. Z” Zabriskie, field CISO at Cohesity.
With decades of experience as a security consultant and tech evangelist, Zabriskie argues that modern cybersecurity should be moving away from the practice of post-breach recovery and focus on real-time damage mitigation. SSN spoke with Zabriskie...
Index Engines patents AI analytic process to combat ransomware
July 21, 2025SSN Staff
HOLMDEL, N.J. —Index Engines has announced what it’s calling a milestone in its efforts to minimize the impact of ransomware: a newly patented AI process (#12248574) that automates the collection, detection, and analysis of emerging threats.
Developed in Index Engines' CyberSense Research Lab, the process automates the ingestion and behavioral analysis of ransomware variants in a controlled environment, enabling continuous training of AI/ML models on real-world attack patterns....
Summer doldrums
May 28, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
No news is good news as they say, but "they" are wrong, and I think we could use some exciting developments to shake things up.
Okay, that came out slightly more cursed than I was intending, I realize that things are a little too exciting all the time right now, but I mean in a fun way, not a log into my email and see just what went wrong today way. There have been a couple of high-profile acquisitions of course, but I see that all the time now. Show me the exciting new tech! Show...
Cohesity integrates Nutanix
April 9, 2025SSN Staff
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Cohesity announced that it is the first data protection provider to achieve Nutanix Database Service (NDB) database protection Nutanix Ready validation.
Receiving the Nutanix Ready designation signifies that the solution has undergone a series of Nutanix Ready interoperability validations and unique feature integrations. NDB is the market leading database lifecycle management platform for building database-as-a-service solutions in hybrid multicloud environments. It...
Zero excuses
February 26, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
How many warning signs are too many? What will it take to secure our cyber-infrastructure? Was "Hackers" Angelina Jolie’s best movie from the 90s? Important questions are being asked in this week’s Monitoring Matters.
If you haven’t guessed I’m thinking a lot about cybersecurity this week, and with good cause! I just finished up a wonderful webcast this week discussing important cyber topics with three whip-smart panelists. You can give it watch for yourself by...
Security experts offer 2025 predictions
December 4, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine — 2025 is approaching and that means it’s time again to rev up the prediction engines and speculate about the changes and innovation developing in the coming year.
Security Systems News (SSN) reached out to and heard from several industry experts to get a lay of the land about what to expect in 2025.
Class is in session on school security
ZeroEyes Co-founder and CEO Mike Lahiff is predicting there will be even more school districts and other...
Rise of ransomware-as-a-service leading to blackmail-fueled industry
November 27, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — If you had trouble getting your morning coffee recently, you may have ransomware to blame for the disruption in service.
Arizona-based supply chain management company Blue Yonder found itself under attack by ransomware that managed to disrupt its managed services hosted environment for the company. Blue Yonder has a global clientele of over 3,000 members and includes names like Coca-Cola and Starbucks, which uses the software to manage worker schedules.
In...
Bread and circus
November 13, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Not to distract the masses from any other topics that may be occupying their thoughts, but in the blog this week I really am going to talk about bread.
There’s a new ransomware group making the rounds lately and if you’re wondering what they’ve done to be singled out among a sea of cyber ne’er-do-wells then I’d have to say, it’s probably their preferred form of payment. A group calling itself Hellcat has claimed to have compromised Schneider Electric, a French...