Tag: Cyber Extortion
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Cyber Extortion Soars: SMBs Hit Four Times Harder
Companies employing less than 1000 people, classed as small and medium businesses (SMBs), suffered cyber extortion attacks 4.2 times more …
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Ex-Cybersecurity Consultant Jailed For Trading Confidential Data
Vincent Cannady, a professional who used to work as a consultant in the cybersecurity field, has been taken into custody for allegedly …
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Ransomware Double-Dip: Re-Victimization in Cyber Extortion
Between crossovers – Do threat actors play dirty or desperate? In our dataset of over 11,000 victim organizations that have experienced a …
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Change Healthcare Hit By Cyber Extortion Again
Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, has been facing renewed extortion from cybercriminals just a month after paying a …
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Manufacturing Top Targeted Industry in Record-Breaking Cyber Extortion Surge
The year 2023 has been a record-breaking year for cyber extortion, according to Orange Cyberdefense (OCD). The cybersecurity branch of the …
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NCSC: Why Cyber Extortion Attacks No Longer Require Ransomware
Ransomware becoming less of a factor as threat actors extort businesses with payment options that are less than regulatory …
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Cyber Extortion Cases Surge 39% Annually
Incidents of online extortion reported to the police increased by nearly two-fifths in 2022 compared to a year previously, according to …
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Cyber Extortion Growing Exponentially in Africa, Middle East and China, Finds Orange
Cyber extortion remains a top threat, but its geographical reach is shifting, Orange Cyberdefense (OCD) found in the Security Navigator …
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What is Cyber Extortion and How Can It Be Prevented?
Organisations that suffer security incidents are sometimes said to be victims of “cyber extortion”, but it’s often unclear what …
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Karakurt: A New Emerging Data Theft and Cyber Extortion Hacking Group
A previously undocumented, financially motivated threat group has been connected to a string of data theft and extortion attacks on over 40 …
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ISMG Editors’ Panel: Cyber Extortion and More
Four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss timely issues, including how the zero-day attacks against Accellion File Transfer …
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Cyber Extortion Thriving Thanks to Accellion FTA Hits
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Cyber Extortion Thriving Thanks to Accellion FTA Hits Coveware: Average …
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