cyber extortion
LockBit Hacker Sentenced To 4 Years Jail Plus Fined $860K
Recent reports about legal proceedings, a 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national, Mikhail Vasiliev, has been handed a sentence of almost four years in Canadian prison. Vasiliev’s involvement in the global ransomware scheme known as ...
All About LAPSUS$: What We Know About the Extortionist Group
LAPSUS$ is an extortionist threat group that became active on December 10, 2021. Unlike the majority of extortionist groups that typically rely on a combination of ransomware and data leaks, LAPSUS$ is ...
Cybercrime to cost over $10 Trillion by 2025
Cyber attacks are a threat to businesses of all sizes and in all industries. With cybercrime rising by 600% during the pandemic, businesses are more vulnerable than ever to the financial and ...
Don’t Be a Victim of Cyber Extortion
There’s no doubt that cybercrime is on the rise, and bad actors are constantly on the lookout for vulnerabilities. In the first half of 2020 data breaches exposed over 36 billion records ...
The Ransomware Group Tactics which Maximise their Profitability
Article by Greg Foss, Senior Cyber Security Strategist, VMware Carbon BlackWherever there is disruption, cybercriminals see opportunity. Alongside the devastating health and economic impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic, we have also ...
