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Feb 14, 2024
Ransomware payments reached record $1.1 billion in 2023​
Ransomware payments in 2023 soared above $1.1 billion for the first time, shattering previous records and reversing the decline seen in 2022, marking the year as an exceptionally profitable period for ransomware gangs. The previous record-high figure was set in 2021, with ransomware payments amounting to $983 million, surpassing the preceding record of $905 million in 2020 by approximately 10%.
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Feb 12, 2024
Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse
A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses.
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Feb 7, 2024
US data compromises surged to record high in 2023
Data compromises were more abundant and organizations were less forthright about the root cause of cyberattacks throughout 2023, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s annual data breach report. The number of data compromises reported in the U.S. last year jumped 78% to a record high of 3,205 incidents, the non-profit organization said Thursday. These compromises ultimately impacted more than 353 million victims, including individuals affected multiple times.
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Feb 4, 2024
Telegram Marketplaces Fuel Phishing Attacks with Easy-to-Use Kits and Malware
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to the "democratization" of the phishing ecosystem owing to the emergence of Telegram as an epicenter for cybercrime, enabling threat actors to mount a mass attack for as little as $230.
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Feb 2, 2024
Apple Issues Patch for Critical Zero-Day in iPhones, Macs - Update Now
Apple on Monday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and Safari web browser to address a zero-day flaw that has come under active exploitation in the wild.
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Feb 2, 2024
Online ransomware decryptor helps recover partially encrypted files
CyberArk has created an online version of 'White Phoenix,' an open-source ransomware decryptor targeting operations using intermittent encryption.
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Jan 31, 2024
Mother of all breaches – a historic data leak reveals 26 billion records: check what’s exposed​
The supermassive leak contains data from numerous previous breaches, comprising an astounding 12 terabytes of information, spanning over a mind-boggling 26 billion records. The leak is almost certainly the largest ever discovered. The supermassive MOAB (Mother of all breaches) does not appear to be made up of newly stolen data only and is most likely the largest compilation of multiple breaches (COMB).
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Jan 29, 2024
Apple's Anti-Theft Security Slows Down iPhone Crooks​
Apple pushed out a security update for iPhone this week featuring a brand-new Stolen Device Protection for iPhone feature. Stolen Device Protection restricts the user's ability to make critical changes to the device settings when the device is not in a familiar location such as the user's home.
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Jan 24, 2024
Email Nightmare: 94% of Firms Hit by Phishing Attacks in 2023​
Email security remained top of mind for cybersecurity professionals in 2023 as over nine in ten (94%) cyber decision-makers had to deal with a phishing attack, according to email security provider Egress. This is up 2% from the previous year, Egress’ Email Security Risk Report 2024 found.
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