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Black Basta Ransomware gang accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022

Security Affairs

” Most of the victims are in the manufacturing, engineering and construction, and retail sectors. Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. The largest received ransom payment was $9 million, and at least 18 of the ransoms exceeded $1 million.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. com ,” a Russian-language service that sold access to thousands of compromised PCs that could be used to proxy traffic.

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The Clock is Ticking for PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Virtually every major financial institution, retailer, and scores of payment processors have been the victims of data breaches, incurring both financial and reputational damage. Ensuring that the full PAN is displayed only for those with a legitimate business need minimizes the risk of unauthorized persons gaining access to PAN data.

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Consumers have their Say about Protection of Personal Data – Call for More Stringent Controls

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

We live in a digital world in which we engage with significant social, government, retail, business and entertainment services now delivered without any direct human service management. Earlier this year Facebook settled a lawsuit that sought damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica 1 access to private data. Tue, 10/11/2022 - 06:46.

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Too small to serve, too big to ignore

CGI

Another key characteristic of this first year was the strong focus on the retail business, which helped the industry to appreciate the complexities of Open Banking from a retail customer perspective. Banks will have to operate differently, increase their focus on collaboration and up-skill their employees to navigate this change.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

A backdoor is a trojan that offers an attacker remote access into the victim’s device. If needed, company personnel or law enforcement can use the backdoor to access the system when needed. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Backdoors. How to Defend Against a Keylogger.

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Utilities Digital Journey Insights (Part 3): Data, the new “digital capital” - Going beyond the hype of advanced analytics and AI

CGI

while the share of spending on traditional direct response media like newspapers has shrunk from 38% in 2008 to 14% in 2016. Specifically, more than 30 petabytes of user-generated data that is stored, accessed and analyzed to create precision ads and measurable goals. Data also needs to be easily accessible by all users.