Approachable Cyber Threats

JUNE 7, 2022

Category Awareness, News. Conti ransomware was the biggest ransomware strain in 2021, bringing in more than $180 million in ransom payments. So who is behind Conti ransomware?” Conti is a Russia-backed ransomware group that has been around since 2018. Conti follows a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022. Prosecutors say Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla., Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Stories about computer security tend to go viral when they bridge the vast divide between geeks and luddites, and this week’s news about a hacker who tried to poison a Florida town’s water supply was understandably front-page material. lye used to control acidity in the water) to 100 times the normal level.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends. Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs.

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SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

Kaspersky has been following the ransomware landscape for years. In the past, we’ve published yearly reports on the subject: PC ransomware in 2014-2016 , Ransomware in 2016-2017 , and Ransomware and malicious crypto miners in 2016-2018. Was ransomware, in fact, a dying species of malware? What was happening?

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