The ransomware attack against UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare platform is expected to cost the company up to $2.45 billion, more than a billion dollars more than was previously estimated, Cybersecurity Dive reports. The incident has already cost the firm nearly $2 billion.

Wipers are malware that delete data on a device or make it inaccessible. They can be used for sabotage, to destroy evidence of an attack or simply to make a device unusable. IoT wipers often rewrite important parts of the firmware of an IoT device, rendering that device useless, so they are also known as “brickers”. Recent notorious examples of IoT wipers are AcidRain which was used by a Russian APT to brick satellite modems in Europe at the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations rely on technology to gain a competitive edge. In particular, SQL Server is vital for a wide range of business operations, serving as the back end for critical applications and storing essential data about products, customers, transactions and more.

In part one of our “Follow the Crypto” series, we highlighted the growing need for cryptocurrency investigations in the fight against fraud. We discussed the hurdles that investigations face, from the anonymous nature of transactions to the complexity of analyzing blockchain data, but also noted some famous successful investigations.

Pyramid schemes are one of the world's most well-known forms of financial fraud. For many years, they have victimized people who trust the promises of quickly making easy and significant profits. The frightening thing about these schemes is that they are built on a "business model" doomed to collapse. It is essential to understand what principles the pyramid operates in to be able to reveal and then avoid involvement in such a scam.

Cyber threats are increasing and, unfortunately, local and state government entities have become top targets. In 2023, the FBI reported that government entities were the third most-targeted sector by ransomware, and Arctic Wolf’s own research saw the average ransom for government organizations top $1 million USD. And that’s just one kind of cyber attack.

Updated on 07/18/2024 Static Application Security Testing (SAST) has been a central part of application security efforts for more than 15 years. According to the Crowdstrike 2024 State of Application Security Report, eight out of the top 10 data breaches of 2023 were related to application attack surfaces, so it’s safe to say that SAST will be in use for the foreseeable future.