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The company reported a 300% drop in ransomware attacks that made it to the encryption stage over the past two years.
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Undeterred by the indictment issued against one of its alleged members, North Korean APT group Stonefly (aka APT45) continues to target companies in the US, Symantec threat analysts warned. About Stonefly Also known as Andariel and OnyxFleet, Stonefly … Continue reading Private US companies targeted by Stonefly APT
The group known as Rhysida is demanding 100 bitcoin in ransom from the port and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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The company, Tosan, which provides IT services to 45% of the country’s banks, has paid $561,000 worth of bitcoin so far.
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A prolific ransomware operation claims to have stolen 93 gigabytes of data.
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A former IT engineer is facing federal charges in the United States after his former employer found it had been locked out of its computer systems and received a demand for $750,000.
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The man was extradited to the U.S. this month after being arrested in Georgia in December, prosecutors say.
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Cybercriminals are breaking into organizations’ cloud storage containers, exfiltrating their sensitive data and, in several cases, have been paid off by the victim organizations to not leak or sell the stolen data. “The attackers behind thi… Continue reading Hide yo environment files! Or risk getting your cloud-stored data stolen and held for ransom
Court documents reveal Microsoft’s latest move to combat an operation that used fraudulent accounts to skirt CAPTCHA services.
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When it comes to the cyber threat landscape, change is the only constant: the inevitable interplay between cybercriminals and law enforcement agencies makes it inevitable. Europol’s recently released Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IO… Continue reading The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months