Categories: Business Tags: reddit Tags: ransom Tags: black cat Tags: ransomware Tags: extortion Tags: blackmail Tags: data Tags: leak Tags: breach We take a look at news that data stolen from Reddit may be leaked soon unless the site pays a cool $4.5m to keep it offline. |
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Read moreCategories: Business Tags: globalcaja Tags: play ransomware Tags: compromise Tags: data Tags: leak Tags: ransom Tags: bank Tags: banking Tags: Spain Tags: Spanish A large Spanish bank, Globalcaja, has fallen victim to the Play ransomware gang. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: employee Tags: insider threat Tags: access control Tags: policy Tags: ransom An employee that tried to take advantage of a ransomware attack on his own company has pleaded guilty after 5 years of denying he had anything to do with it. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: RA Group Tags: babuk Tags: code Tags: leaked Tags: encrypted Tags: stolen Tags: exfiltrated Tags: ransom Tags: hijack Tags: blackmail Tags: double extortion Tags: leak Tags: sell We take a look at yet another ransomware group making use of leaked Babuk code. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: lockbit Tags: ransomware Tags: essendant Tags: data Tags: encrypt Tags: ransom Tags: leak Tags: website Tags: outage Tags: network The LockBit ransomware group has attacked Essendant, a US-based distributor of office products, and is threatening to leak its data. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: mortal kombat Tags: ransomware Tags: laplas clipper Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: encrypt Tags: network Tags: infect Tags: ransom Tags: demand Tags: BAT file Tags: email Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: attachment It’s like a choose your own adventure game gone horribly wrong. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: ryuk Tags: ransomware Tags: guilty Tags: encrypt Tags: ransom Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: bitcoin We take a look at a guilty plea made in relation to Ryuk ransomware proceeds, and how you can best protect yourself from the threat of ransomware. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: virtual kidnapping Tags: kidnap Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: ransom Tags: victim Tags: wire transfer Tags: digital payment Tags: venmo Tags: cashapp Tags: social engineering Tags: phone call Tags: mobile Tags: relative A recent scam has been making the rounds that attempts to fool you into thinking a loved one has been kidnapped. |
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