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German phone repair and insurance firm goes bankrupt after paying €200,000 to ransomware hackers despite reported revenue of 70 million

By James Bentley Published

News 11% of the company's data was reportedly leaked.

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A single guessed password has led to a cyberattack that put a fully insured 158-year-old company out of business despite security practices being up to code

By Hope Corrigan Published

news Oof.

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Massive Ahold Delhaize data breach sees 2.2 million people's data exposed in ransomware attacks against major US food retailer

By Hope Corrigan Published

news The attack took place in November last year, so if you haven't changed your password since then, please do.

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This $6,000 professional grade direct transfer printer comes with plenty of viruses for no extra cost, unless it also steals your crypto

By Hope Corrigan Published

News A backdoor and a clipbanker were found in the download software, and a potentially very harmful worm might be on the included USB for software installation.

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It sounds like a six-word horror story, but 'Ransomware running directly from your CPU' is now a real thing

By Hope Corrigan Published

News "Ransomware at the CPU level, microcode alteration, and if you are in the CPU or the firmware, you will bypass every freaking traditional technology we have out there."

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The FBI says cybercriminals were responsible for a record $16,600,000,000 in reported losses last year, up 33% from 2023

By Andy Edser Published

News That's a whole lot of ill-gotten gains.

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A single RTX 4090 managed to brute force crack an Akira ransomware attack in just 7 days

By Hope Corrigan Published

News "Probably 99.9% of the time when you get a ransomware, it won’t be recoverable without the key. But if you are lucky, sometimes it is possible to find a solution."

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One of the the largest ransomware outfits in the world has been magnificently trolled by the Swedish police and Europol

By Andy Edser Published

news A taste of your own medicine? Why certainly, with extra salt.

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Global ransomware payments topped $1B last year with Russia-based groups blamed for a resurgence in attacks as they stop focusing on Ukraine

By Jeremy Laird Published

news After a brief dip in 2022, the bad guys are on the up again.

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European authorities and the FBI bust ransomware group that launched $11 million attack on Capcom

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Ragnar Locker attacked Capcom in 2020.

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