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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” Adaptive Monitoring and Tagging. All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.”

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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. GB dataset on a hacking forum, claiming to still have access to the breached system. Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords.