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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang

Security Affairs

And part of the information system would have been encrypted.” Sopra Steria is a member of France’s Cyber Campus , a French initiative to spread cybersecurity awareness, training, and product sales. . “According to our sources, the incident started to spread during the course of last night.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

Cryptojacking , the practice of taking over a computer’s processes in order to mine cryptocurrency, is a popular method of blockchain-related fraud, often introduced via malicious links or by being directly installed on computers by someone with access. Further reading: Best Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees.

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Client Portals: The Magic Tool for Better Customer Engagement

OneHub

Confidential files such as financial documents or intellectual property are a gold mine for hackers, and they won’t hesitate to steal poorly secured files. Files stored in or shared from the Workspace are protected by bank-level encryption, and SSL protocols ensure that every communication is sent over a secure connection.

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ShadowRay Vulnerability: 6 Lessons for AI & Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Compromised AI workloads: Affect the integrity of AI model results, allow for model theft, and potentially infect model training to alter future results. Hijacked compute: Repurposes expensive AI compute power for attackers’ needs, primarily cryptojacking, which mines for cryptocurrencies on stolen resources.

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How To Protect Yourself From Hackers

Cyber Info Veritas

These Trojans have the ability to steal your web browser history and inputs even as they use your computing power to mine cryptocurrencies—this type of Trojans are very recent and run covertly in the background; the only thing you will note is your computer lagging. Be on the lookout for “https” encryption on the sites you visit.

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The Decreasing Usefulness of Positive Visual Security Indicators (and the Importance of Negative Ones)

Troy Hunt

The correct answer to this question is: The traffic between the browser and the webshop is encrypted. Most notably, they're now free through services like Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare and they're dead easy to setup so there goes another barrier too. But the option does not exist. — Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) April 4, 2012.