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Ransomware payments plummet as more victims refuse to pay

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Ransomware payments plummet as more victims refuse to pay 2025-02-06 at 15:49 By Zeljka Zorz Chainalysis’ latest report on how the ransomware landscape changed from 2023 to 2024 shows a promising trend: An increasing number of victims refuses to pay the ransom. The total volume of ransom payments decreased year-over-year by approximately 35%, the blockchain […]

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The effects of law enforcement takedowns on the ransomware landscape

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The effects of law enforcement takedowns on the ransomware landscape 2024-03-13 at 17:03 By Zeljka Zorz While the results of law enforcement action against ransomware-as-a-service operators Alphv/BlackCat and LockBit are yet to be fully realized, the August 2023 disruption of the Qakbot botnet has had one notable effect: ransomware affiliates have switched to vulnerability exploitation

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Tax-related scams escalate as filing deadline approaches

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Tax-related scams escalate as filing deadline approaches 2024-03-12 at 07:18 By Helga Labus As the April 15, 2024 tax filing deadline approaches in the US, some old and some new tax-related scams targeting both taxpayers and tax professionals. Tax-related scams targeting taxpayers With taxpayers rushing to file their personal federal income tax return, scammers are

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Which cybersecurity controls are organizations struggling with?

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Which cybersecurity controls are organizations struggling with? 13/12/2023 at 13:02 By Help Net Security How are organizations performing across cybersecurity controls in the Minimum Viable Secure Product (MVSP) framework? A recent analysis by Bitsight and Google reveals some good and some bad results – and room for improvement. What is MVSP? Minimum Viable Secure Product

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Many popular websites still cling to password creation policies from 1985

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Many popular websites still cling to password creation policies from 1985 12/12/2023 at 09:01 By Helga Labus A significant number of popular websites still allow users to choose weak or even single-character passwords, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found. Websites’ lax creation policies for passwords The researchers used an automated account creation method

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Bitcoin price hit 2023 high, so why are retail traders waiting on the sidelines?

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Bitcoin price hit 2023 high, so why are retail traders waiting on the sidelines? 06/12/2023 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin price keeps going up but retail traders are not piling in yet. Cointelegraph explores why. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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SMBs face surge in “malware free” attacks

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SMBs face surge in “malware free” attacks 28/11/2023 at 12:51 By Helga Labus “Malware free” attacks, attackers’ increased reliance on legitimate tools and scripting frameworks, and BEC scams were the most prominent threats small and medium businesses (SMBs) faced in Q3 2023, says the inaugural SMB Threat Report by Huntress, a company that provides a

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Most dual ransomware attacks occur within 48 hours

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Most dual ransomware attacks occur within 48 hours 02/10/2023 at 12:16 By Helga Labus Since July 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has noticed a new trend: dual ransomware attacks on the same victim, occurring in close proximity of one another. Dual ransomware attacks Dual ransomware attacks are when against the same victim occurr

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Ether price risks losing the $1.6K support as multiple ETH price metrics decline

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Ether price risks losing the $1.6K support as multiple ETH price metrics decline 06/09/2023 at 01:05 By Cointelegraph By Marcel Pechman A lack of network activity and ground lost to competitors could eventually play a role in ETH losing the $1,600 support. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to

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Top 12 vulnerabilities routinely exploited in 2022

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Top 12 vulnerabilities routinely exploited in 2022 04/08/2023 at 16:31 By Helga Labus Cybersecurity agencies from member countries of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have released a list of the top 12 vulnerabilities routinely exploited in 2022, plus 30 additional ones also “popular” with attackers. The top 12 “In 2022, malicious cyber actors exploited older

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Web browsing is the primary entry vector for ransomware infections

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Web browsing is the primary entry vector for ransomware infections 31/07/2023 at 13:47 By Zeljka Zorz The most widely used method for ransomware delivery in 2022 was via URL or web browsing (75.5%), Palo Alto Networks researchers have found. In 2021, it was email attachments (i.e., delivery via SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols), but in

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8Base ransomware group leaks data of 67 victim organizations

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8Base ransomware group leaks data of 67 victim organizations 28/06/2023 at 16:47 By Helga Labus Lockbit 3.0 is currently the most active ransomware group, NCC Group says in its most recent Threat Pulse report, but new ransomware groups like 8Base and Akira are rising in prominence. Collectively, the various ransomware groups revealed 436 victim organizations

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How APTs target SMBs

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How APTs target SMBs 31/05/2023 at 13:47 By Helga Labus Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are not exempt from being targeted by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, according to Proofpoint researchers. By analyzing a year’s worth of APT campaign data they collected from the 200,000+ SMBs that have their security solution deployed, they pinpointed three

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New trends in ransomware attacks shape the future of cybersecurity

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New trends in ransomware attacks shape the future of cybersecurity 16/05/2023 at 09:23 By Help Net Security Corvus Insurance analyzed data from the dark web and ransomware leak sites. Researchers uncovered a 60% increase in ransomware victims in March 2023, marking the highest monthly victim count observed in the past two years. In this Help

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