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Report Details Cyber Threats to Canada, Canadians in 2023-24

SecureWorld News

With machine learning becoming the norm in consumer service and data analytics, cryptocurrencies and decentralized financing are prime targets for cyber threat actors. Encrypted information stolen by threat actors today can be held and decrypted when quantum computers become available."

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. We’ve arrived at a critical juncture: to enable the full potential of the Internet of Everything, attack surface expansion must be slowed and ultimately reversed.

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Evolution of JSWorm ransomware

SecureList

Several versions were released as part of each “rebranded” variant that altered different aspects of the code, renamed file extensions, cryptographic schemes and encryption keys. The files are encrypted using a custom modification of a Blowfish cipher with a 256-bit key. The encrypted data is written over the original.

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Ransomware world in 2021: who, how and why

SecureList

To ensure that their ability to restore encrypted files would never be questioned, they cultivated an online presence, wrote press releases and generally made sure their name would be known to all potential victims. They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. Access sellers.

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Ransomware by the numbers: Reassessing the threat’s global impact

SecureList

In addition, attackers appear to be more focused on exfiltrating data as well as encrypting it, i.e., siphoning off confidential information and threatening to make it public if the victims refuse to pay. These include crypto-ransomware (malware that encrypts your files), screen lockers, browser lockers, and boot lockers.