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New Report Profiles Ransomware Cybergangs

2021-05-21 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld

That old adage about crime never pays could not be more false, at least when it comes to modern-day cybercriminals. For those bad actors using ransomware as their weapon, crime is paying more than ever. A new report by the eSentire security research team found that six ransomware gangs claimed at least 290 new victims fo far this year. The combined spoils tallied potentially $45 million for the hackers.

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More Ransomware Websites Disappear in Aftermath of Colonial Pipeline Hack

2021-05-17 14:50:43| OGI

Two more ransomware operators appear to have disappeared from the web, a cybersecurity researcher said on May 16, in another potential aftershock following this month's hack of U.S. fuel transport company Colonial Pipeline.

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The malware that usually installs ransomware and you need to remove right away

2020-11-20 18:11:17| PortlandOnline

If you see any of these malware strains on your enterprise networks, stop everything you're doing and audit all systems.

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The Trials and Tribulations of Paying Ransomware Hackers

2020-10-23 13:34:00| TechNewsWorld

There's no question that hackers are getting increasingly ambitious -- the average ransom demand increased from about $29,000 in 2018 to more than $302,000 in 2019. U.S. law doesn't prohibit paying ransom per se; but when victims pay monies to people or organizations who have been sanctioned by the U.S. government...they get into more trouble.

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Microsoft Squelches Trickbot Ransomware Network

2020-10-13 13:17:00| TechNewsWorld

An outlaw online network that's been used to infect millions of computers with ransomware has been disrupted by Microsoft. The company announced Monday that, together with telecommunications providers around the world, it was able to cut off the infrastructure used by the Trickbot botnet so it could no longer be used to initiate new infections or activate ransomware already planted on computer systems.

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