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Ransomware Hackers Used AI Images, Microsoft Flaw in Campaign
A group of ransomware hackers used a variety of techniques to try breaching hundreds of companies last year, exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows and using artificial intelligence ...
Analysis: Russian Ransomware Attacks on Ukraine Muted by Leaks, Insurance Exclusion
Warnings that pro-Russian ransomware gangs would snarl networks in Ukraine and its allies have so far failed to materialize amid disarray among the criminal underworld often behind such attacks and ...
Cyber Criminals Nabbed $1.3B in Ransom Payments Over 2 Years: Report
Criminals netted $1.3 billion in ransom payments from hacking victims in the past two years, reflecting a massive surge in cyber crime that has prompted a global effort to stop it, according to a new ...
A Sign of Ransomware Growth: Gangs Now Arbitrate Disputes
Cyber criminal gangs are getting increasingly adept at hacking and becoming more professional, even setting up an arbitration system to resolve payment disputes among themselves, according to a new ...
Regional Cyber Conflicts Could Lead to Infrastructure Attacks in 2022: CyberCube
Three regional cyber conflicts could lead to infrastructure attacks and damaging cyber espionage in 2022, a new report from cyber analytics company CyberCube says. Cyber hostilities between Israel ...New Year’s Resolution? Experts Say For Cyber Criminals, It’s More Widespread Attacks
The looming threat of increased supply chain and critical infrastructure attacks is causing both cyber experts and cyber insurers to lose sleep already in 2022, ...
As Ransomware Attacks Rise, U.S. Bank Regulator Urges Vigilance
A top U.S. banking regulator is cautioning firms to ensure they have robust policies to protect themselves from cyberattacks, saying it is seeing an uptick in ransomware attacks, it said in a report ...
Lessons from CNA, JBS and Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Payments
In March 2021, CNA Financial Corp., one of the country's largest insurance companies, suffered a ransomware attack from a cybercriminal group called Phoenix. The attackers pressured the insurer to ...