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A Crowdstrike report looking into access brokers’ advertisements since 2019 has identified a preference in academic, government, and technology entities based in the United States. Initial access brokers are a vital link in the cybercrime chain, as these threat actors are devoted to breaching corporate networks for future attacks. These brokers then sell access to
Cybersecurity firms have found a new data wiper used in destructive attacks today against Ukrainian networks just as Russia moves troops into regions of Ukraine. A data wiper is malware that intentionally destroys data on a device to make the data unrecoverable and for the operating system to no longer work correctly. Cybersecurity firms Symantec
Ransomware Extortion Doesn’t Stop After Paying the Ransom A global survey that looked into the experience of ransomware victims highlights the lack of trustworthiness of ransomware actors, as in most cases of paying the ransom, the extortion simply continues. This is not a surprising or new discovery, but when seeing it reflected in actual statistics,
Nigerian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Payroll Deposits A Nigerian national named Charles Onus has pled guilty in the District Court of the Southern District of New York to hacking into a payroll company’s user accounts and stealing payroll deposits. According to the indictment and the statements made in court, Onus was actively involved in