A security company task force Sophos X-Ops has reported to Black Hat USA 2022 in Las Vegas that ransomware gangs are competing for resources, leading to a trend of victims being attacked by multiple gangs over a short space of time. It even suggested that collaboration between ransomware gangs is possible. The advice to businesses is to patch early and often, monitor cyber security news and respond to alerts, practice segmentation and zero trust and used layered protection, use strong passwords and MFA, and take inventories of all assets and accounts.
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- Nadia Mullins-Hills -