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Businesses expect the government to increase its financial assistance for all ransomware incidents
Businesses are increasingly concerned about how they will meet ransomware demands. Only 19 percent of those surveyed have ransomware coverage limits above $600,000, while over …
APT41 group: 4 malicious campaigns, 13 victims, new tools and techniques
Group-IB has released new research on the state-sponsored hacker group APT41. The Group-IB Threat Intelligence team estimates that in 2021 the threat actors gained access to …
Ransomware is not going anywhere: Attacks are up 24%
Avast released a report revealing a significant increase in global ransomware attacks, up 24% from Q1/2022. Researchers also uncovered a new zero-day exploit in Chrome, as …
Organizations would like the government to help with ransomware demand costs
Businesses are increasingly concerned about how they will meet ransomware demands. Only 19 percent of those surveyed have ransomware coverage limits above $600,000, while over …
LogoKit update: The phishing kit leveraging open redirect vulnerabilities
Resecurity identified threat actors leveraging open redirect vulnerabilities in online services and apps to bypass spam filters to ultimately deliver phishing content. Using …
Three ransomware gangs consecutively attacked the same network
Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network, according to Sophos. The first two attacks took place within two hours, …
Attack methods using hybrid bots enable criminals to open mule accounts at scale
During the first half of 2022, BioCatch data reveals that money mule accounts represent up to 0.3 percent of accounts held by financial institutions, and an estimated $3 …
The price of stolen info: Everything on sale on the dark web
What is the price for personal information, including credit cards and bank accounts, on the dark web? Privacy Affairs researchers concluded criminals using the dark web need …
Cyber criminals continue to target and exploit people
Proofpoint unveiled its annual Human Factor report, which provides a comprehensive examination of the three main facets of user risk — vulnerability, attacks, and privilege — …
Ransomware attacks keeping the educational sector on its toes
Financially motivated cybercriminals are taking advantage of schools’ need for uptime, their scarcity of cybersecurity defense resources, and lack of expertise compared to …
Why you should worry about medical ID theft
In this interview with Help Net Security, Paige Hanson, Chief of Cyber Safety Education at NortonLifeLock, talks about the risks posed by medical ID theft, the repercussions …
Scams account for most of all financially motivated cybercrime
The scam industry is becoming more structured and involves more and more parties divided into hierarchical groups, according to Group-IB. The number of such groups jumped to a …
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