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Building a Cyber Resilient Business: The Protection Layer

Webroot

Cybercrime is on the rise. billion to data breaches and cybercrime. billion to data breaches and cybercrime. This is all happening while companies are spending trillions digitizing their business operations and trying to obtain secure cyber insurance while keeping up with regulatory changes in GDPR, HIPAA, and Sarbanes-Oxley.

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Maze Ransomware operators claim to have stolen millions of credit cards from Banco BCR

Security Affairs

The hackers claim to have compromised the Banco BCR’s network in August 2019, and had the opportunity to exfiltrate its information before encrypting the files. Maze Ransomware ransomware operators recently disclose other attacks against different organizations, including IT services giant Cognizant , and cyber insurer Chubb.

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Ransomware in 2020

Cytelligence

Cybercriminals or threat actors release a kind of malware which enters a computer system or network through fraudulent means and locks down files from access by encrypting them until a demanded ransom is paid to hackers in return for a decryption key. Damages from ransomware in 2019 rose to over $11.5 Ransomware in 2019 .

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These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

67%_of malware was delivered via encrypted HTTPS connections. Fileless malware attacks increased by 265% during the first half of 2019. In some of the 2019 incidents , the ransom or the costs of recovery was covered by such contracts. Specific examples of how the cyber threat landscape is shifting. docx’ file type.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

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5 Reasons Ransomware Is Now a 'Perfect Storm'

SecureWorld News

This is the first factor mentioned in the report and addresses how cybercrime groups might be more organized than you would think. The data that has been stolen or encrypted is essential to operations and without it, even for a short time, the organization could fail. We will take a look at each of these contributing factors.

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Ransomware Prevention Guide for Enterprise

Spinone

In 2019, Trend Micro found a 77% surge in ransomware attacks during the first half of 2019 from the previous year. Whether it is synchronized files from on-premises to cloud environments or the risk of encryption of cloud email, ransomware is a real threat to your data. How much can ransomware cost your business?