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Ragnar Locker ransomware group breached at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors

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The ransomware operation has been active since late December 2019, this is the second time that the FBI first shares IoC related to RagnarLocker operation, the FBI first became aware of this threat in April 2020. Use multi-factor authentication with strong passwords, including for remote access services.

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Bitdefender 2020 Consumer Threat Landscape Report – Attackers Increasingly Target the Human Layer

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Bitdefender this week has published its annual Consumer Threat Landscape Report for 2020 underscoring some of the most prevalent cyber threats targeting regular users today. Bitdefender saw a 338% increase in Smart TV vulnerabilities compared to 2019. Aligned efforts to capitalize on COVID-19.

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How Encryption Became the Board’s New Best Friend

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Originally published in TEISS on May 1, 2019. In just the past few years (and hundreds of high-profile breaches and £Trillions of economic damage later), cyber threats became impossible for the boardroom to ignore. How things have changed. This is a significant change. Encryption is a board’s best friend.

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The Latest Cybersecurity Statistics 2020 By Category

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Despite this impressive number, the industry still has the potential to grow even further in order to address various cyber threats. The facts below represent key cyber threats and their impact in 2020. This is a tremendous growth compared to $6,733 in 2018 and $36,295 in 2019.

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The Future of Payments Security

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As reported in the UK Finance “Fraud: The Facts” 2020 report, the theft of personal and financial data through data breaches was a major contributor to fraud losses in 2019. Financial service providers must take strict security measures to protect customer data from bad actors and other cyber threats. Encryption.

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Operation Night Fury: Group-IB helps take down a cybergang behind the infection of hundreds of websites all over the world

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were arrested in December 2019 in two different regions in Indonesia — Special Region of Yogyakarta and Special Capital Region of Jakarta — as part of the joint operation «Night Fury» carried out by Indonesian Cyber Police and INTERPOL with the help of Group-IB’s Cyber Investigations team. and «N» (23 y.o.) million to 43.8

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Financial cyberthreats in 2022

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This report shines a spotlight on the financial cyberthreat landscape in 2022. It presents a continuation of our previous annual financial threat reports ( 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 ), which provide an overview of the latest trends across the threat landscape.

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