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Cybercriminals replace familiar tactics to exfiltrate sensitive data

31

Jan

2024

Ransomware attacks are increasing again as cybercriminals’ motivation shifts to data exfiltration, according to Delinea. The familiar tactics of crippling a company and holding it hostage have been replaced by new strategies that use stealth to exfiltrate private and sensitive data. Cybercriminals then frequently threaten to sell it to the highest bidder on the darknet […]

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Ransomware remains the most pressing security issue worldwide — but even schools are being targeted now

29

Jan

2024

After slightly dipping on the list of the biggest cybersecurity threats for 2023, ransomware rose back to the top, a report from cybersecurity researchers Cisco Talos has claimed. The company’s findings say ransomware rose significantly in Q4 2023, with the education sector now one of the biggest targets. As per the Quarterly Trends report, ransomware […]

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White House Official Warns of AI Risks in 2024 Elections

18

Jan

2024

There’s no “magic solution” to fully prevent the potentially harmful impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 elections in the United States and around the world, a White House official warned at the 2024 World Economic Forum. Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, described generative AI as a […]

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Cybercriminals replace familiar tactics to exfiltrate sensitive data

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