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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. These methods provide significant security risks for businesses of all sizes.

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To Fix DMARC Requires Angry Customers

eSecurity Planet

However, even a medium-sized government agency or a Fortune 5000 corporation can easily make a demand for email authentication protocols as one of the conditions within their contract. Instead of resisting security, the sales teams will start to help motivate the entire organization to stop email impersonation.

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

FBI InfraGard Best for critical infrastructure security InfraGard is a threat intelligence feed and network partnership between the FBI and other government agencies and interested private sector parties. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) What are the primary sources of threat intelligence feeds? critical infrastructure.

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

This resulted in the deployment of a custom backdoor, named Sunburst, on the networks of more than 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including many large corporations and government bodies, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. One of those Fobushell samples was identical to another we previously identified on a Zebrocy C2 server.

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

eSecurity Planet

> 54% of all data breaches come from ransomware attacks in manufacturing, healthcare, government, financial, retail, and technology industries. 2024 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index : Covers 8,136 private sector security leaders in 30 global markets and includes small, mid-sized, and large companies.