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The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to a recent market study 1 , 71% of individuals surveyed said double and triple extortion tactics have grown in popularity over the last 12 months, and 65% agree that these new threats make it tougher to refuse ransom demands. This brings me to the question of how organizations find the sensitive data in the first place.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

All organizations should at least deploy basic security tools to monitor endpoints and secure access points, such as: Antivirus (AV) : Provides the most basic malware protection on the endpoint to block known malicious software and protect against basic attacks.

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

Our latest reports focus on the changes the threat actor made to the September and November versions of its backdoor. Although SideWinder has numerous campaigns against victims using the Windows platform, recent reports have shown that this threat group also goes after its targets via the mobile platform. Final thoughts.

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