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FBI obtained 7,000 LockBit decryption keys, victims should contact the feds to get support

Security Affairs

The FBI is informing victims of LockBit ransomware it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that could allow some of them to decrypt their data. The FBI is inviting victims of LockBit ransomware to come forward because it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that could allow them to recover their encrypted data for free.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Rather than stealing data, adware is more of an irritant forcing users to see unwanted ads. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Backdoors. with no internet. Keyloggers.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

Smart Meters provide the data to support a cleaner future, showing how much energy is being used and how much this will cost you. Vamosi: Wiki space, got bought out and then shut down in January of 2019. In particular, he was reading the data off of the various smart meters learning when they were last shut off.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

It used to be that data breaches were all about cyber-crooks hacking computer systems to steal personal information, followed by an affected company sending regretful notification letters offering a year or two of complimentary credit monitoring. out of 10. All rights reserved. 19, 2022). supply chain attacks). A month prior, U.S.

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. Forecasts and recommendations set out in Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020-2021 seek to prevent financial damage and manufacturing downtimes.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Right To Repair

ForAllSecure

What if the right to repair something that you own was denied simply because a manufacturer decided it could do that? Play it out across a few decades and you start to see the type of trouble we’ll be in if we don’t start educating our legislators now, if current trends are allowed to just continue.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Right To Repair

ForAllSecure

What if the right to repair something that you own was denied simply because a manufacturer decided it could do that? Play it out across a few decades and you start to see the type of trouble we’ll be in if we don’t start educating our legislators now, if current trends are allowed to just continue.