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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

Tripwire’s tips for all organizations on avoiding ransomware attacks include: Making secure offsite backups. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication. As noted in last year’s story Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? ” . ”

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‘ValidCC,’ a Major Payment Card Bazaar and Looter of E-Commerce Sites, Shuttered

Krebs on Security

“As a result, we lost the proxy and destination backup servers,” SPR explained. “We don’t know users’ balances, or your account logins or passwords, or the [credit cards] you purchased, or anything else! “Besides, now it’s impossible to open and decrypt the backend. ” SPR pleaded.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

re abruptly announced it was permanently closing after a cybersecurity breach allowed unknown intruders to trash its servers and delete customer data and backups. According to Constella Intelligence [currently an advertiser on KrebsOnSecurity], Oleg used the same password from his iboss32@ro.ru

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