On March 13, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Chairman Brendan Carr announced the creation of a Council on National Security (the “Council”) with Adam Chan serving as the Director. This new Council will be comprised of eight Bureaus and Offices within the FCC and will “leverage the full range of the Commission’s regulatory, investigatory, […]
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Emergence of Medusa Ransomware
On March 12, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), issued a joint cybersecurity advisory on the growing threat of Medusa ransomware. First detected in June 2021, Medusa operates under a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, allowing affiliates […]
Ghost (Cring) Ransomware: Understanding The Threat & How Enterprises Can Defend Themselves
On February 19, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), issued a joint cybersecurity advisory on the growing threat of Ghost (Cring) ransomware. Active since early 2021, this ransomware group has targeted organizations in over 70 […]
Ransom Payments At A Historic Low According to Report
On February 4, 2025, Coveware, Inc. released its quarterly ransomware report for the fourth quarter of 2024, and identified that the percentage of victims paying ransoms fell to a historic low of 25%. While the average amount of a payment in Q4 2024 rose 16% quarter-over-quarter to $553,959, the median amount dropped a significant 45% […]
CISA Releases the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook to Strengthen AI-related Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Collaboration
On January 14, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook (the “Playbook”) to provide guidance to organizations within the AI community (including AI providers, developers, and adopters) to voluntarily share AI-related cybersecurity information with CISA and its partners through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). To combat AI-related […]