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Hackers Scan for Vulnerable Devices Minutes After Bug Disclosure Every hour, a threat actor starts a new scan on the public web for vulnerable systems, moving at a quicker pace than global enterprises when trying to identify serious vulnerabilities on their networks. The adversaries’ efforts increase significantly when critical vulnerabilities emerge, with new internet-wide scans
MountLocker Ransomware Uses Windows API to Worm Through Networks The MountLocker ransomware operation now uses enterprise Windows Active Directory APIs to worm through networks. MountLocker started operating in July 2020 as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) where developers are in charge of programming the ransomware software and payment site, and affiliates are recruited to hack businesses and encrypt their
DarkSide Ransomware Made $90 Million In Just Nine Months The DarkSide ransomware gang has collected at least $90 million in ransoms paid by its victims over the past nine months to multiple Bitcoin wallets. Around 10% of the profit came in one week from attacking just two companies: Colonial Pipeline, the largest oil pipeline system
FBI Says Cybercrime Complaints More Than Doubled In 14 Months The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has seen a massive 100% in cybercrime complaints over the past 14 months. When the IC3 first began logging complaints in 2000, it took seven years to reach 1 million complaints. Since then, it has taken an average