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Cybersecurity ‘Vaccines’ Emerge as Ransomware, Vulnerability Defense

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity vaccines are emerging as a new tool to defend against threats like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity firms have released “vaccines” in recent days to protect against the widely used STOP ransomware strain and the new Apache Log4Shell vulnerability. They also come with the same limitations.

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Data Leak Strategy Fueling the Ransomware Economy

SecureWorld News

Ransomware has gone through several game-changing milestones over the course of its decade-long evolution. In 2013, extortionists added encryption to their genre and started locking down victims' files instead of screens or web browsers. The idea is to demand money for not leaking files stolen from an infected organization.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers.

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IT threat evolution Q1 2021. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 91,841 unique users. Ransomware programs. New additions to the ransomware arsenal. Last year, the SunCrypt and RagnarLocker ransomware groups adopted new scare tactics. 613,968,631 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components.

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Ransomware Protection: 8 Best Strategies and Solutions in 2021

Spinone

Ransomware attacks cost smaller companies an average of $713,000 per incident. We’ve spent years creating data protection software and here is what we’ve discovered along the way: to protect your company systems and data from ransomware, you need to use multiple strategies and tools at the same time.

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Cyberthreats to financial organizations in 2022

SecureList

The Conti Gang was another group that also had issues with their associates when an apparently vengeful affiliate leaked the ransomware group’s playbook after claiming the notorious cybercriminal organization underpaid him for doing its dirty work. In April 2021, the Andariel group attempted to spread custom Ransomware.

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How Do You Get Ransomware? 5 Main Sources in 2019

Spinone

Ransomware is a sly, silent, and vicious criminal. But how do you get ransomware in the first place? This is what you, a potential ransomware victim, need to know to protect your data and your business in 2020. How Do You Get Ransomware: Key Points So, where do you get ransomware from? Weird sender address.