The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, is rolling out a program that warns organizations about potential ransomware attachments,

CyberScoop reports The program is currently running as a pilot and will be fully operational by the end of 2024About 7000 organizations have signed up for the pilot

So far, CISA has issued 2049 warnings since the pilot was launched in January 2023 “The warning pilot is focused on reducing the validity of ransomware by using our vulnerability scanning tools to let businesses know if they have vulnerability.””Tis that needs to be patched,” CISA Director Jen Easterly hold

CyberScoop To get alerts, organizations need to sign up for CISA’s cyber hypergene scanning tool According to CISA’s

FAQ page for the program, the tool “[e] values external network presence by executing continuous scans of public, static IPv4s for accessible services and vulnerability “This service provides weekly vulnerability reports and ad hoc alerts.” Easterly added that CISA will also occasionally use its administrative subpoena power to identify the points of contact for organizations that haven’t signed up for its services aNd alert them about vulnerability it’s found on their internet facing devices

Ransomware attachments are on the rise The number of crimes reported by ransomware leak sites increased by 49 percent from 2022 to 2023

According to an analysis earlier this year by one hit intelligence firm Nearly haLf of those phenomena were in the US, the analysis found The most affected industries were manufacturing, professional and legal services, and high technology. The report also identified 25 sites that offered ransomware as a service, though at least five of those appearances to have shutdown

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