Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, new research from e2e-assure has revealed that few organisations are taking full advantage of security technologies available today. The Growing Gap in Cyber Defence In 2023, cybercrime continues to loom large, with media headlines underscoring the severity of the issue. You know economic downturns incentivise cybercriminals.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 23, 2022

Meantime, Technology Giant Microsoft issued a statement yesterday that 80% of ransomware attacks are expected to occur because of system configuration errors, and the same was rendered in its latest Cyber Signals report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

Europol this week announced the shutdown of VPNLab, a VPN service that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. An international operation conducted by law enforcement bodies from 10 countries took down VPNLab.net, a VPN service provider that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 14, 2022

million), 500,000 euros, and 20 “premium cars” purchased with funds obtained from cybercrime. Dmitri Alperovitch , co-founder of and former chief technology officer for the security firm CrowdStrike , called the REvil arrests in Russia “ransomware diplomacy.” “These are tried and true Russian tactics.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Data Privacy Week builds on the success of Data Privacy Day which began in the United States and Canada in January 2008 as an extension of Data Protection Day in Europe. We advocate for the safe use of all technology and educate everyone on how best to protect ourselves, our families, and our organizations from cybercrime.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 19, 2022

VPNLab had been around since 2008 and had built its service around the OpenVPN technology, used strong encryption, and provided double VPN, with servers located in many different countries. The basic technology is called VPN server chaining and the idea behind it is pretty simple, but that doesn’t mean the technology is.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

Understanding the history of computer hacking is important for understanding its impact on technology and society, the current state of cybersecurity, and for developing effective strategies for protecting against cyber threats. Hacking has gone through several eras over the years, each with its own unique characteristics and motivations.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 28, 2022

As cybercrime infects every facet of our daily lives, and technological advancements do little to stop the spread, many security professionals are turning to traditional solutions for a very modern problem. At first glance, it seems odd that most businesses don’t insure against something as potentially devastating as cybercrime.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

As with any potential cybercrime, deterrence here will be aided by an awareness of what deepfakes are, how they work, and what they can and can’t do. These concerns were apparently validated by a 2019 incident where deepfaked audio technology was used to scam a CEO out of $243,000. An artificially generated “person.”

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who’ve recently re-indicted him on related charges. issued international arrest warrant for his extradition.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It is a highly demanding activity, which requires time, multidisciplinary skills, efficient technology, innovation and dedication. We have been doing so since 2008, benefiting from Kaspersky’s decades of cyberthreat data management, and unrivaled technologies. But why are we offering cyber threat intelligence at all?

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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When the malware hit Saudi Aramco four years ago, it propelled the company into a technological dark age, forcing the company to rely on typewriters and faxes while it recovered. Attacks can also be for technological acquisition. SCADA Access As A Service (SAaaS) Cybercrime is a business.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. Today, malware is a common threat to the devices and data of anyone who uses the Internet. An August 2022 Statista report counted 2.8

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Mikko Hypponen joins The Hacker Mind to discuss cybercrime unicorns, the fog of cyber war that surrounds the Ukrainian war with its much larger neighbor, and of course Mikko’s new book, If it’s Smart, it’s Vulnerable. Like in 2008, when I presented with Chris Boyd from the UK, on the rise of teenage hackers.

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