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Organizations experienced a significant increase in ransomware – from an average of four attacks over five years in 2021 versus four attacks over the course of one year in 2022, according to ExtraHop. Of those who fell victim, 83% admitted to paying the ransom at least once. As organizations increasingly find themselves under attack, the […]

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One of the most infamous ransomware strains, LockBit, has reportedly been spotted infecting Apple Mac devices for the first time, ever. Cybersecurity researchers from the MalwareHunterTeam tweeted(opens in new tab) about finding “locker_Apple_M1_64” – “the first Apple’s Mac devices targeting build of LockBit ransomware sample seen”. What’s more, the researchers believe this might be the […]

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Cue patch or perish, “ransomware edition,” as Microsoft on Tuesday released updates for all versions of Windows to fix 114 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw being exploited by crypto-locking extortionists. Microsoft said in a security alert that “an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain system privileges,” giving them full access to the system. […]

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