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Russian Hacker Indicted as Mastermind Behind LockBit Ransomware

SecureWorld News

He developed the malware, recruited affiliates to deploy it, and took a 20% cut of any ransom payments—personally netting more than $100 million, according to prosecutors. After targeting Boeing in an October 2023 ransomware attack, LockBit demanded a $200 million extortion payment, according to reporting from CyberScoop.

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Cyberattacks Ramp Up in Arab Countries for World Cup

SecureWorld News

Just as cyber criminals use holidays as an avenue to catch shoppers and companies off guard, bad actors are using soccer's biggest every-four-year event as a time to catch enterprises too far off their back touch line to net harmful results. For more on each, see the report.

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Web browsers: Reimagining remote work needs at the enterprise level

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, according to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report , over 80% of security incidents originated from web applications in 2023. With the web’s expanding attack surface and the proliferation of risks such as insider threats and malware, the gaps inherent in consumer browsers can’t be ignored. There’s a good reason for it.

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Why is the most anticipated AAA game of 2023 not working for some?

Dataconomy

net desktop application. Additionally, it’s important to exercise caution when downloading and running files from untrusted sources, as disabling your antivirus protection increases the risk of malware or other malicious content affecting your system. If your Diablo 4 not working issues, try the following solutions.

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Why is the most anticipated AAA game of 2023 not working for some?

Dataconomy

net desktop application. Additionally, it’s important to exercise caution when downloading and running files from untrusted sources, as disabling your antivirus protection increases the risk of malware or other malicious content affecting your system. If your Diablo 4 not working issues, try the following solutions.

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MSP cybersecurity: What you should know

Dataconomy

Main MSP cybersecurity threats in 2023 Although the types of online cybersecurity threats for MSPs are countless, some threats are more frequent than others. Ransomware is malware that sneakily infiltrates an organization’s environment and then starts encrypting all the data at reach. That’s not an option for an MSP.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

Michael Coden, Associate Director, Cybersecurity, MIT Sloan, along with Michael Stonebreaker will present this novel concept at RSAC 2023. I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m exploring a novel database operating system that promises to be disruptive to how we mitigate malware today.