Tag: Extortion
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“Digital Parasite” Warning as Attackers Favor Stealth for Extortion
Threat actors favored stealthy persistence and evasion over other techniques, in order to silently exfiltrate data for extortion, according …
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Ransomware Victim Numbers Rise, Despite Drop in Active Extortion Groups
Ransomware gangs claimed a deluge of victims during the final quarter of 2025, despite a decline in the number of active ransomware groups, …
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Hackers Increasingly Shun Encryption in Favour of Pure Data Theft and Extortion
There has been a significant rise in ransomware campaigns which do not rely on encryption as cybercriminal extortion groups shift their …
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Hackers Stole Millions of PornHub Users’ Data for Extortion
reviewed by WIRED this week show that United States Customs and Border Protection is transitioning from testing small drones to using them …
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Clop’s New Extortion Wave Hits Oracle E-Business Suite
A notorious ransomware and extortion gang known as Clop (aka Cl0p) has unleashed its latest campaign, this time exploiting a zero-day …
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Google Launches New Maps Feature to Help Businesses Report Review-Based Extortion Attempts
Google on Thursday said it’s rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by …
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Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters Claim Salesforce Breach, 1B Records, 39 Firms Listed
A new leak site has gone live, operated by the notorious group calling itself “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters,” (a coalition that combines …
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Oracle Confirms Hackers Target E-Business Suite Data in Extortion Campaigns
Oracle has confirmed that a group of hackers stole data from its E-Business Suite (EBS) applications and is using the information in …
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Clop-linked hackers claim Oracle E-Business Suite data theft in high-stakes extortion push
Threat actors aligned with the Clop ransomware group are claiming to have stolen sensitive data from Oracle Corp.’s E-Business Suite and, …
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Clop-linked crims shake down Oracle execs with data theft claims
Criminals with potential links to the notorious Clop ransomware mob are bombarding Oracle execs with extortion emails, claiming to have …
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Google Mandiant Probes New Oracle Extortion Wave Possibly Linked to Cl0p Ransomware
Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have disclosed that they are tracking a new cluster of activity possibly linked …
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Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors
Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered …
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