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Soaring ransomware payments, consistent infections, deceptive URLs and more in this year’s 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report

Webroot

If your business falls within these industries or if you’re concerned your personal PC could be prone to infection, read the complete section on malware in the 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report. Skyrocketing ransomware payments will cost more than just your revenue. That’s nearly half. Why do cybercriminals focus on SMBs?

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The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware divya Thu, 02/16/2023 - 06:10 Ransomware perpetrators are adopting more sophisticated attack techniques with much success. Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups.

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To Fix DMARC Requires Angry Customers

eSecurity Planet

The impersonated emails might contain annoying SPAM, but more often the phishing email will deliver more dangerous payloads that lead to stolen credentials, business email compromise (BEC) attacks, or ransomware attacks. Meanwhile, the company being impersonated has no financial incentive to change their behavior.

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2019 Recap: A Year to Remember

McAfee

Uncovering Ransomware Resurgence. As detailed in our August Threat Report , our Advanced Threat Research discovered that new ransomware samples had increased 118% from Q1 to Q2. The most active ransomware families of the quarter appeared to be Dharma (also known as Crysis), GandCrab and Ryuk.

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

With so many free and low-cost threat intelligence feeds available today, it’s a smart move to integrate one or multiple feeds into your cybersecurity workflow and tools for additional security knowledge and detection capabilities.

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

eSecurity Planet

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. Read on for more details on these threats or jump down to see the linked vendor reports. globally, +19.8%