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Threat Report 2023: Cybercrime as Big Business
Threat Report 2023: Cybercrime as Big Business

Cybercrime is increasingly flourishing as a business model, ransomware and ransomware-as-a-service are innovation drivers and stolen access data are increasingly acting as a cash cow. According to Sophos, the year 2023 also awaits companies in cyber defense. Sophos has published its 2023 Threat Report. Among other things, the report describes a new degree of commercialization within cybercrime, as a result of which low-threshold introductory offers are increasingly available for potential attackers: almost all scenarios can be bought. A booming cybercrime-as-a-service market caters to a criminal audience ranging from the highly tech-savvy to the completely ignorant. The topics of the current Sophos threat…

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Will the next WannaCry-like attack come in 2023?
Will the next WannaCry-like attack come in 2023?

The Kaspersky experts present their predictions in the area of ​​Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) for the next year: they fear attacks on satellite technologies and mail servers, an increase in destructive attacks and leaks, hacking via drones and a WannaCry-like cyber epidemic. Based on the observations of over 900 APT groups and campaigns The political changes of 2022 will also have an impact on cyber security in the years to come, leading to more complex attacks. The annual forecasts published by Kaspersky are based on research by the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) and...

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Ransomware Report: LockBit by far the most active

As in the previous months, LockBit remained by far the most active ransomware in August. Only then does triple extortion follow: the attack with DDoS in addition to encryption and blackmail. At least that is what the current August ransomware report by Malwarebytes shows. Malwarebytes' threat intelligence team attributed 2022 attacks to the ransomware group in August 62 (compared to 61 attacks in July 2022 and 44 attacks in June 2022). For REvil, however, Malwarebytes only noted one attack in August. RansomEXX reports its first victim in four months and Snatch reports after 40 days...

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BlackBasta is probably behind the ransomware attack on Sixt
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As Spiegel.de reports, the new attacker group BlackBasta is probably behind the ransomware attack on the car rental company Sixt. According to research by Heise.de, the new group seems to be a spin-off or an employee takeover of the Conti Group, which has probably dissolved. The ransomware extortion business remains one of the most lucrative. But at some point the great invention against ransomware attacks will have to come, because they are increasing massively. The media can hardly keep up with the reporting. The car rental company Sixt was already the victim of a ransomware attack in early May 2022. Sixt: Attack noticed early In a press release, Sixt...

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2021: Ransomware payments hit new record

Ransomware payments hit a new record in 2021 as more and more data is offered on the dark web. Recent study by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 shows average ransom demand up 144 percent to $2,2 million, average payment up 78 percent to $541.010. Ransomware payments hit new records in 2021 as cybercriminals increasingly turn to dark web "leak sites". By threatening to release sensitive data, they pressure their victims to make them pay. This is reports Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), worldwide...

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