Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

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.

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Phishing 83

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). A common adware program might redirect a user’s browser searches to look-alike web pages that contain other product promotions. Ransomware. Computer Viruses.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As the financial threat landscape has been dramatically evolving over the past few years, with the expansion of such activities as ransomware or cryptofraud, we believe it is no longer sufficient to look at the threats to traditional financial institutions (like banks), but rather assess financial threats as a whole.

Cryptocurrency 87

Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 87

SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 60,900 unique users. In Q1 2023, we discovered builds from several ransomware families intended for running on Linux and VMWare ESXi servers, namely: ESXiArgs (new family), Nevada (a rebranding of Nokoyawa, which is written in Rust), Royal, IceFire. Most prolific ransomware gangs.

Mobile 63

Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 63

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Malware is any type of software or program designed to harm a computer, steal data or hold victims to ransom such as a computer virus, Trojan horse, ransomware, spyware, wiper, worm or adware. VPNs are encrypted connections that link your device to a remote server. Awareness of Phishing Scams.

Identity Theft 119

Identity Theft Passwords Data breaches Scams 119

SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

56,877 unique users in the EU were attacked by ransomware. Ransomware programs. During the reporting period, we identified more than 17,317 ransomware modifications and detected 25 new families. Note that we did not create a separate family for each new piece of ransomware. Number of users attacked by ransomware Trojans.

Phishing 127

Phishing Malware Ransomware Adware 127

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

To boost their profits and depend less on outsourcing, some groups such as Revil even scammed their affiliates , adding a backdoor capable of hijacking negotiations with victims and taking the 70% of the ransom payments that is supposed to go to the affiliates. In April 2021, the Andariel group attempted to spread custom Ransomware.

Cryptocurrency 104

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 104

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

DLP is included in the organization policy, but individuals must also use this strategy to keep all data safe during ransomware or malware attack. Data encryption – a way to secure private information by encoding it so no third parties could watch or access it. You can see how ransomware looks below.

Passwords 40

Passwords Social Engineering Malware Encryption 40

SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Once installed, these files would primarily load Adware – programs that flooded victims’ devices with unwanted advertising and gathered their personal data for third-party use, but in particular cases the same spreading technique is used to download malicious implants for targeted espionage. Scam and phishing. Online cinemas.

Scams 57

Scams Passwords Phishing Internet 57