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DMARC: The First Line of Defense Against Ransomware

There has been a lot of buzz in the industry about ransomware lately. Almost every other day, it's making headlines. With businesses across the globe holding t…

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[Whitepaper] Automate Your Security with Cynet to Protect from Ransomware

It seems like every new day brings with it a new ransomware news item ' new attacks, methods, horror stories, and data being leaked.Ransomware attacks are on t…

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Emerging Ransomware Targets Dozens of Businesses Worldwide

An emerging ransomware strain in the threat landscape claims to have breached 30 organizations in just four months since it went operational by riding on the c…

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Researchers Unearth Links Between SunCrypt and QNAPCrypt Ransomware

SunCrypt, a ransomware strain that went on to infect several targets last year, may be an updated version of the QNAPCrypt ransomware, which targeted Linux-bas…

Linux

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New Android Ransomware MalLocker.B Triggers Upon Pressing Home Key

A new ransomware has emerged online threatening Android security. Identified as MalLocker.B, the ransomware triggers on an infected phone asNew Android Ransomw…

Android

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Researcher Creates Ransomware Attack That Can Target Smart Coffee Makers

A researcher has found how a ransomware attack that can target a coffee maker independently. Ransomware Attack On Coffee MakerResearcher Creates Ransomware Att…

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CryCryptor Android Ransomware Poses As COVID-19 Contact Tracing App

New Android ransomware already active in the wild has caught the researchers' attention. Identified as CryCryptor, this ransomware masks itselfCryCryptor Andro…

Android

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Stealthy Tycoon Ransomware Targets Windows And Linux Systems

A new ransomware is active in the wild that threatening the education and corporate sector. Dubbed Tycoon, this stealth ransomwareStealthy Tycoon Ransomware Ta…

Linux Windows

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Microsoft Warns Of PonyFinal Ransomware Attacks Active In The Wild

Microsoft alerted all its users to stay vigilant with regard to PonyFinal ransomware attacks. Since the ransomware attacks are activeMicrosoft Warns Of PonyFin…

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Lucy Ransomware Now Threatens Android Users With FBI Fine

The infamous Lucy ransomware has now appeared again to prey on users. This time, Lucy ransomware threatens Android users withLucy Ransomware Now Threatens Andr…

Android

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PwndLocker Transforms Into ProLock Ransomware Barring Free Decryption Tools

PwndLocker ransomware recently emerged as ransomware threatening businesses with huge ransom demands. However, soon after its emergence, the cybersecurity comm…

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PwndLocker Ransomware Aims Big With High Ransom Demands

Considering the growing money-making potential of ransomware, more and more criminals are stepping into the niche. Recently, another ransomware hasPwndLocker R…

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New Ransomware Attacks Install Malicious Gigabyte Drivers To Disable Antivirus

Another wave of ransomware attacks are targeting systems with a novel strategy. As discovered by researchers, the new ransomware campaignNew Ransomware Attacks…

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US Data Center Provider CyrusOne Suffered Ransomware Attack

American data center provider, CyrusOne, has fallen prey to a ransomware attack. The firm CyrusOne faced the Sodinokibi ransomware attackUS Data Center Provide…

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Ransomware recovery CEO charged over secret ransom payments

The owner of ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying their attackers for d…

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Ransomware group threatens to leak customer data from top insurance companies in South Africa

Luis Monzon reports: Ransomware-as-a-service group The Gentlemen threatened to leak data belonging to insurance companies LegalWise and Samwumed, with more Sou…

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China-Linked Hackers Deploy New StormEncryptor Ransomware, Likely via N-central Flaw

Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called …

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INC Ransomware Emerges as Dominant Actor Exploiting SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaws

The INC Ransomware operation has emerged as the "dominant threat actor" exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA…

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ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Models After Langflow RCE Exploit

An AI-driven threat actor called JADEPUFFER built ransomware that hunts AI model files specifically, entering through a known Langflow RCE and pivoting via an …

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Chaos Ransomware’s msaRAT Hides Its C2 Inside Your Own Browser

Cisco Talos has detailed msaRAT, a Rust-based RAT used by the Chaos ransomware crew that drives a headless Chrome or Edge session over CDP to smuggle C2 traffi…

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How the GodDamn Ransomware Driver Bypasses Your EDR

GodDamn ransomware's PoisonX driver is a textbook EDR bypass driver: a Microsoft-signed kernel driver that kills security tools instead of exploiting them.How …

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Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks

A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e., 70 months) in prison in the U.S. for their role in conspiring with the…

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AI Agent Exploits Langflow RCE to Automate Database Ransomware Attack

Security firm Sysdig says it has found what it believes is the first ransomware attack run from start to finish by an AI agent.Its Threat Research Team calls t…

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FortiBleed Credential Theft Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware Operations

The recently discovered financially-motivated FortiBleed campaign has been attributed to INC and Lynx ransomware operations, indicating that the verified, stol…

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