Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2021

While various sectors in Australia were noted to be particularly targeted, the Avaddon strain has been instrumental in the successful network compromise of the Asian division of the AXA Group , one of the biggest cyber insurance companies in the world.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems Are you using Java 15/16/17 or 18 in production? Patch them now!

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

But this year also saw the onset of the triple extortion method – with this type of attack, hackers threaten to steal your data, leak it and then also execute DDoS attack if you don’t pay up. As a result, many organizations are shifting away from cyber insurance and adopting layered defenses in an effort to achieve cyber resilience.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

SC Magazine noted Verizon’s finding that DDoS attacks are getting worse. MORE As DDoS attacks ise, IEEE Spectrum covers the early years of the Mirai botnet. MORE UK NCSC calls on the cyber insurance market to become more sophisticated. Links we liked Behind the scenes of the investigation into a major supply chain attack.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks. Many victims wind up paying a fraction of that amount, as they may be able to negotiate these charges down or rely on cyber insurance coverage to cover a portion of these costs.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Multiple-extortion attacks that utilize data theft, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, customer communications, and more as layered extortion tactics to increase ransom payouts. Supply chain attacks, ransomware-as-a-service ecosystems, and multi-extortion tactics have all increased the volume and success rates of attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Examples of threatening traffic that IDPS solutions can combat include network intrusions, DDoS attacks, malware, and socially engineered attacks. DDoS protection services are offered by third-party vendors to combat these types of attacks.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

DDoS attacks : Being able to continuously monitor DNS activity is a great way to catch the warning signs of a DNS DDoS attack—and with a DNS filter, you can do exactly that. Bonus: Cyber insurance. Without cyber insurance, you can expect to pay a dizzying amount of cash. Let’s recap.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Cyber Insurance: US cyber insurance premiums soared by 50% in 2022, reaching $7.2 Cyber Skills Gap: By 2025, there could be 3.5 million unfilled cyber security jobs, showing a big need for skilled professionals. Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 million per breach.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Ransomware response demands a whole-of-business plan before the next attack, according to our roundtable of experts.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

More recently, some threat groups have begun to add data destruction to their arsenal to raise the stakes even further, and DDoS attacks have also been threatened as a means of getting organizations to pay ransoms. Black Basta uses a double-extortion RaaS model with the added threat of DDoS attacks. What is Ransomware as a Service?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The hackers who brought you Hillary’s emails and who probably have President Trump’s tax returns are going to target operational systems with an array of tactics that include ransomware and more DDoS attacks that will snarl things up in ways we’ve not yet seen. You’re going to have personal cyber insurance.

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