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Ransomware
Lincoln College was already struggling. Then came ransomware.
As Illinois’ Lincoln College approached its two-week winter hiatus last December, workers walked in one weekend to find printers spewing threatening notes saying the school’s data was locked…
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cybersecurity: Ransomware is the biggest cybersecurity pain point in India: IBM Security’s…
Chennai: The biggest cybersecurity pain point in India relates to ransomware and IBM found that ransomware gangs would persist on average 17 months on a particular ransomware approach, before pivoting…
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It’s Elementary: Measures that Educational Institutions Should Take to Prepare for Ransomware…
PART 3
In the event of a ransomware attack, there are a host of legal frameworks that could potentially be implicated. Whether those laws apply often depends on the nature of the data that the…
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Ransomware Prevention for State & Local Governments
Is There an Increase in Ransomware Attacks on State and Local Governments?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, ransomware attacks in general increased 148 percent from the baseline levels reported in…
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Lessons learned from 633 destructive ransomware events
The threat landscape continues to see rapid evolution, especially as the digital world grows increasingly connected and more organizations outsource…
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Why Do Ransomware Attackers Use Bitcoin?
The demand for Bitcoin has increased over the last decade among traders and criminals alike. Ransomware attackers like REvil, DarkSide, Petya, and Bad Rabbit have been haunting the business…
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Reducing the blast radius of credential theft
Cybersecurity has come to be defined by identity, with almost every attack today revolving around gaining control of a user’s identity as a means of accessing critical data and systems.…
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KARAKURT the “ransomware exfiltration group”
I would like to share our experience with Karakurt which is a group focused on exfiltration (theft) of data only. A search on the forums did not bring anything up, so it is a bit surprising, if I am…
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In Israel, ransomware attacks against private companies pose a new kind of national security threat
Every week approximately a thousand institutions in Israel are hit with a cyberattack. It is a constant barrage of computer infiltrations. Most are ransomware attacks, and the motive was…
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Conti Ransomware Hits Delta Electronics | $15 Million Ransom Asked For Device Decryption
Taiwanese electronics giant Delta Electronics has fallen victim to a recent cyberattack. According to the reports, the Conti ransomware gang reportedly hit the…
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