extortion

Pay2Key Ransomware Joins the Threat Landscape

As we approach the end of a year that has been trying for so many reasons, yet another ransomware has…

6 days ago

Don’t Let DDoS Extortionists Deliver a KO Punch

Since mid-August, a variety of threat actors (and copycats alike) have been targeting organizations across all industries globally, threatening impending…

2 weeks ago

Balancing Protection with Performance to Double Down on DDoS

Combating DDoS attacks with the highest quality of mitigation means having the right platform, processes, and people in place. At…

2 months ago

Former Medical Transcriptionist Accused of Trying to Extort Toronto Hospital Using Stolen Patient Data

Personal information of roughly 150 patients of Toronto-based St. Michael’s Hospital has been stolen in a data breach, allegedly by…

2 months ago

Incident Response: Pay a Ransom, Go to Jail

Companies that find their files, data or networks locked by a malicious actor demanding an extortion payment now have a…

2 months ago

Extortionists Preying on Site Owners with Fake Website Hacking Scam

Researchers found that extortionists are targeting website owners with a scam in which they claim to have hacked their site…

6 months ago

FBI warns extortion scams are on the rise amid stay-at-home orders

Amid the coronavirus lockdown and social distancing measures, cybercriminals have found new ways to continue their attacks against consumers worldwide.…

8 months ago

New Treacherous Tricks of Ransomware Authors

Ransomware operators are giving their sketchy repertoire an overhaul. These attacks used to be about unauthorized data encryption and now…

9 months ago

2020 Prediction: Ransomware to become more dangerous than ever

In November, cyber crooks told services company Allied Universal that they would make its files public if the company didn’t…

12 months ago

Cybercrime victims report $2.71 billion in damages to the IC3 in 2018

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a cybercrime-focused division of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), registered over 350,000…

2 years ago