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Ransomware payments reach record high: more than 1 billion euros
Last year, more than $1.1 billion (€1 billion) in ransom payments were made following a cyber attack. This ...
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‘Paying ransomware gangs should be prohibited’
A total ban on paying hackers in ransomware attacks is the only solution to this troublesome problem. This is...
Dutch hacker gets four-year prison term for extorting companies, money laundering
Dutch hacker Pepijn Van der Stap has recently been sentenced to four years in prison. He was found guilty of ...
LinkedIn hack permanently deletes accounts
Hackers are currently attacking LinkedIn accounts en masse worldwide. According to security specialists at Cy...
Ferrari has disclosed a data breach
The breach compromised some of Ferrari's IT systems, after which the company received a ransom demand from ha...
‘One in three C-level managers are willing to pay after ransomware’
More than a third of Dutch C-level managers believe their organization should pay up after a ransomware attac...
Enterprises have to deal with more one-two-punch extortionists
During this year’s Black Hat USA event, experts have warned that the adoption of double-extortion attacks a...
Meat processor JBS paid REvil $11 million after a ransomware attack
Another day, another company pays a ransom to get their network back. That only encourages the cybercriminals...
Worldwide ransom DDoS extortionists return in a new wave of attacks
Security researchers have revealed that a ransom DDoS campaign is underway, targeting organizations all over ...
Cybercriminals target top executives to force ransom payment
Ransomware gangs are now going after top executives, they aim to get access to their laptops and workstations...