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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. File encryption 2013 – 2015.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

M]uch of InfoSec management falls back on employee training and avoiding employee error – particularly with respect to phishing , spear phishing, and encryption lapses.”. Trotter further argued that encryption of Anthem’s data at rest would have offered only minimal security benefits and would not have prevented the hack.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Incident details: The company found that data on its network had been encrypted without its knowledge. Records breached: 91,000 individuals affected. Records breached: Unknown.

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

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Chinese Cycldek APT targets Vietnamese Military and Government in sophisticated attacks

Security Affairs

at least since 2013. The Cycldek group was first spotted in September 2013, in past campaigns it mainly targeted entities in Southeast Asia using different malware variants, such as PlugX and HttpTunnel. ” reads the technical analysis of the malware.