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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Screenshot example. Expanding on what a ransomware attack looks like, here is an example of how Locky would appear on your desktop. In 2019, Danish company Demant paid $85 million after losing access to 22,000 computers in 40 countries. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Recent attacks.

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

Security Affairs

Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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ROUNDTABLE: Experts react to President Biden’s exec order in the aftermath of Colonial Pipeline hack

The Last Watchdog

This very high-profile caper is part of an extended surge of ransomware attacks, which quintupled globally between the first quarter of 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2020, and is expected to rise 20 percent to 40 percent this year, according to insurance giant Aon. As I said at the CISA Summit in 2019, the U.S. government.

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New Cyberthreats for 2021

Adam Levin

There is a broad attack surface here — not just military and political but also insurance, law enforcement and commerce,” said Matt Turek, a program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to the Financial Times. A deepfake can be a digital image, video, or audio file.

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