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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. As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks.

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The Clock is Ticking for PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Consumers’ payment data is a compelling target for criminals who continue to circumvent IT security defenses. According to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report – Financial Services Edition , 52% of U.S. financial services organizations report that they have experienced a data breach in the past.

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To Fix DMARC Requires Angry Customers

eSecurity Planet

Emails Don’t ‘Pass’ – They Are Allowed To Bypass Cloudflare released its inaugural Phishing Threats Report recently and cited over 1 billion instances of brand impersonations detected in SPAM, email threats, and malicious messages.

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

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. The vendor surveys report that: Cisco: Analyzed that 35% of all attacks in 2023 were ransomware.

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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. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results. Final thoughts.

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