The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

18, 2023 – Salvador Technologies , the pioneering cyber-attack recovery platform provider for critical infrastructures and industrial organizations, today announced that it has secured $6m in funding. Rehovot, Israel Dec.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide, a massive cyber attack hit the town hall of Marseille and the metropolis. The 2020 municipal elections in Marseille aims at electing the councils of the eight sectors of the city, the municipal council and the metropolitan council of Aix-Marseille-Provence. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Cyber Predictions for the C-Suite t o Keep Top of Mind Next Year . – Robert Herjavec . 16, 2020 . As we close out 2020, it’s no secret that this year has had more than its fair share of challenges. Ransomware, the fastest-growing type of cybercrime, will claim a new victim? Los Angeles, Calif. –

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This is accelerating the professionalization of cybercrime. The US remains a long way behind Europe and other regions in terms of nationwide cyber security regulation, and this will continue to have the knock-on effect of more cyber attacks on US businesses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

Then, 2020 happened and much of that changed. These attacks often begin with an email with links or attachments that seem benign but give the hacker access to a single system followed by the network. A coordinated attack in the fall of 2019 hit 22 smaller Texas communities at once for a combined ransom of $2.5 1 and June 4.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

[link] pic.twitter.com/JrdDojlTuF — Bad Packets Report (@bad_packets) March 20, 2020. Bad Packets revealed that at least until January 11, 2020, four Citrix vulnerable servers were exposed online. SecurityAffairs – Finastra, cybercrime). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Ransomware criminals often wait until a major holiday or long weekend before launching attacks, looking to take advantage of the fact that fewer security employees likely will be on duty. RELATED: The Holiday Hacker Case Study ] Hackers have been targeting hospital chains since ransomware became a major cybercrime trend in 2019.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

Two British ambulance services were not able to access electronic patient records after a cyber attack that hit their software provider Ortivus. Both organizations moved to a hosted environment for Ortivus’s MobiMed software following an agreement signed in 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

FireEye experts linked a series of attacks targeting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers to the cybercrime group UNC2546, aka FIN11. Security experts from FireEye linked a series of cyber attacks against organizations running Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) servers to the cybercrime group UNC2546, aka FIN11.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

In spite of an increasing number of sophisticated cybersecurity solutions being offered on the market today, cybercrimes continue to be on the rise. There was a 30% increase in suspicious ransomware-related activities reported to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network from January 2021 through June 2021 compared to all of 2020.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

O'Connor's guilty plea today is a testament to the importance of law enforcement cooperation, and I thank our law enforcement partners for helping to bring to justice those who victimize others through cyber-attacks." He called a local police department and falsely claimed that this person was making threats to shoot people.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

.” This attacker’s approach may seem fairly amateur, but it would be a mistake to dismiss the threat from West African cybercriminals dabbling in ransomware. billion in 2020. “For decades, West African scammers, primarily located in Nigeria, have perfected the use of social engineering in cybercrime activity.”

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Security Boulevard

MAY 23, 2021

As Cybercrime against the Financial Sector Jumps by 238%, What Can Banks Do to Address the Risk? The rise of cybercrime in 2020 was widely reported, but did you realize how much of the threat was targeted at the financial sector? 80% of financial institutions have reported a rise in cyberattacks over the past 12 […].

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Ransomware in 2020 . Ransomware will continue to be the growth driver in cyber-crime. With their profits rising, ransomware operators will likely increase their campaign volume in 2020. The need for cyber insurance for companies will increase significantly in 2020. The Cytelligence Advantage .

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SecureWorld News

MAY 20, 2020

Who are the threat actors behind these cyber attacks? And what are key attacker motivations? The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has the answers. 2020 DBIR cybercrime report and key statistics. How do most data breaches occur?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

According to a press release from the Office for Official Statistics, fraud and computer misuse offenses increased substantially from March 2020 to March 2022. Physical crime, due to the pandemic lockdown, actually decreased, while cybercrimes climbed 25% to 4.5 million attacks in England and Wales. million attacks.

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IT Security Central

JULY 6, 2021

According to the FBI’s recently released Internet Crime Report 2020, cybercrime resulted in $4 billion in losses last year, a low estimate that still encapsulates the incredible value lost to threats actors. The costs and consequences of a data breach or cybersecurity incident have never been more severe.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. By 2020, he’d shifted his focus almost entirely to selling access to companies. com and wwwpexpay[.]com.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

Experts speculate the operators are members of a Russia-based cybercrime group known as Wizard Spider. Since August 2020, the group has launched its leak site to threaten its victim to release the stolen data. ” continues the FBI’s alert. ” continues the FBI’s alert.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Qualys is the latest victim of a cyber attack, the company was likely hacked by threat actors that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in their Accellion FTA server. The attackers exfiltrate sensitive data from the target systems and then published it on the CLOP ransomware gang’s leak site. reported FireEye.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Microsoft researchers are warning that threat actors are continuing to actively exploit the ZeroLogon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. ENABLE enforcement mode to address CVE-2020-1472 in your environment.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

billion in 2020. According to a data breach notification published by the company on its website, the cyber attack did not affect its network, but it only impacted an Accellion FTA server. ” Since the disclosure of the vulnerabilities in Accellion FTA multiple cybercrime groups targeted organizations worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Note- Lazarus group aka Guardians of Peace is a Cybercrime group that is being funded by North Korean intelligence- as per US Intelligence. Also known with the names Hidden Cobra and Zinc, the cyber crime group is known to hack critical infrastructure, thus making money through double extortion techniques.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

Shedding the light of the law on cybercrime methods Today’s cybercrime landscape involves criminals operating across borders as business-like syndicates, says Europol. The agency’s ninth Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023 report gives a law enforcement perspective on current cybercrime techniques.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

According to IBM , the cost of cyber hacks in 2020 is about $3.86 But, what is the relationship of languages in data privacy, and how can a reliable translation help prevent cyber-attacks? Oftentimes, a cyber attack or cyber hack happens when people don’t know what’s happening in their gadgets.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The processing phrase consists of actively selecting processing tools and methodologies for the purpose of setting the foundations for a successful processing of the data. Threat Intelligence Methodologies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2022

However, it has now been well established that over the period of the pandemic there has been an enormous rise in cybercrime. Some studies suggest that between 2020 and 2021 there was a 50% increase in overall attacks on corporate networks, and a 40% increase in cyber attacks globally.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2021

FBI confirmed that the attack against the Colonial Pipeline over the weekend was launched by the Darkside ransomware gang. Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a cyber attack carried out by the Darkside ransomware gang. ” reads the statement published by the FBI.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 28, 2022

A meteoric rise in attack rates during COVID-19 , major incidents such as the Colonial Pipeline attack, and an increasingly tense geopolitical landscape have all contributed to cybersecurity’s current position at the top of global news feeds. billion in 2020, expected to rise to US$27.83 This, in turn, limits uptake.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Massive DDoS attack brought down 25% Iranian Internet connectivity. The number of cyber attacks on Saudi Aramco is increasing. A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns. OT attacks increased by over 2000 percent in 2019, IBM reports.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s important to remember, however, as we slowly transition back into some semblance of normality, that there will be new challenges to face in all facets of life, and the Cyber Security sector is no exception. Human error is still the number one cause of cyber attack and home working could make this even more prominent.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 12, 2021

In the 2020 Cybersecurity Perception Study , (ISC)² found that though perceptions about cybersecurity professionals from those outside the field are overwhelmingly positive, there is limited knowledge of what they do in reality. Perception Issue. Generation X – 52%.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2021

In early 2020, a joint operation conducted by the FBI in coordination with the UK NCA, the Netherlands National Police Corps, the German Bundeskriminalamt, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland resulted in the seizure of the WeLeakInfo.com domain. . ” reads the announcement published by the UK NCA. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 25, 2021

A $50 million ransomware demand has been made against the company by the REvil cybercrime group, which is reportedly the largest known ransomware demand ever made. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the company reported revenue of about $3 billion, which could explain why they are now facing such a steep extortion price.

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