Tag: extortion
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Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself! Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms
This is not what people mean when they say: ‘You should get a side hustle’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/rogue_ransomware_negotiators/
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More Collins Aerospace Hacking Fallout
Everest Extortion Group Lists Dublin Airport. A Russian data extortion group threatened Sunday to release passenger data putatively stolen from the Dublin Airport days after its operator said it investigated a breach stemming from a September cybersecurity incident that affected airports across Europe. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/more-collins-aerospace-hacking-fallout-a-29848
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Qilin Ransomware Group Publishes Over 40 Cases Monthly
Qilin ransomware activity has surged in late 2025, threatening data leaks via double extortion tactics First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/qilin-ransomware-40-cases-monthly/
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Risiken bei der Wiederherstellung nach Ransomware-Angriffen
Tags: alphv, authentication, backup, ceo, ciso, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, DSGVO, encryption, extortion, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, lockbit, mfa, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, tool, updateDie Zahlung des Lösegelds nach einer Ransomware-Attacke ist keine Garantie für eine reibungslose oder gar erfolgreiche Wiederherstellung der Daten.Zwei von fünf Unternehmen, die Cyberkriminellen für die Entschlüsselung von Ransomware bezahlen, können ihre Daten nicht wiederherstellen. Das hat eine weltweite Umfrage des Versicherungsanbieters Hiscox unter 1.000 mittelständischen Unternehmen ergeben.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ransomware nach wie vor…
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Risiken bei der Wiederherstellung nach Ransomware-Angriffen
Tags: alphv, authentication, backup, ceo, ciso, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, DSGVO, encryption, extortion, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, lockbit, mfa, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, tool, updateDie Zahlung des Lösegelds nach einer Ransomware-Attacke ist keine Garantie für eine reibungslose oder gar erfolgreiche Wiederherstellung der Daten.Zwei von fünf Unternehmen, die Cyberkriminellen für die Entschlüsselung von Ransomware bezahlen, können ihre Daten nicht wiederherstellen. Das hat eine weltweite Umfrage des Versicherungsanbieters Hiscox unter 1.000 mittelständischen Unternehmen ergeben.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ransomware nach wie vor…
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Ransomware, extortion groups adapt as payment rates reach historic lows
Ransomware groups are facing an economic downturn of their own: In Q3 2025, only 23 percent of victims paid a ransom, and for data theft incidents that involved no encryption, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/ransomware-extortion-payment-q3-2025/
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Ransomware, extortion groups adapt as payment rates reach historic lows
Ransomware groups are facing an economic downturn of their own: In Q3 2025, only 23 percent of victims paid a ransom, and for data theft incidents that involved no encryption, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/ransomware-extortion-payment-q3-2025/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Breach Roundup: the Qilin Hack That Wasn’t
Also, Envoy Air Confirms Data Compromise Following Clop Extortion Campaign. This week, Qilin didn’t hack a Spanish tax agency, Nexperia standoff, Envoy Air confirmed a data compromise, Experian Netherlands fined 2.7M euros, ToolShell used to breach global networks, flaws in TP-Link Omada and Festa VPN routers and a New York firm settled a cybersecurity investigation.…
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Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025: Extortion and Ransomware Lead Global Cybercrime Surge
The newly released Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 reveals new data on global cyber threats. According to the report, more than half of all cyberattacks with known motives, 52%, are driven by extortion and ransomware. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/digital-defense-report-shares-cybercrime-trend/
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Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Signal Shift in Tactics
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters may be preparing to launch an extortion-as-a-service model, according to Palo Alto Networks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scattered-lapsus-hunters-shift/
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AI-enabled ransomware attacks: CISO’s top security concern, with good reason
Ransomware’s AI-powered future: Although CrowdStrike’s latest survey doesn’t provide a full picture of AI’s use by ransomware gangs, the fact that generative AI is proving highly effective in crafting phishing emails that lead to ransomware infections shows the tip of the iceberg CISOs face.CrowdStrike Field CTO Cristian Rodriguez tells CSO, “We’re seeing AI touch every…
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Im Visier Cyberkrimineller: Bei Erpressung, Diebstahl und Spionage Deutschland laut Microsoft auf Platz 4
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/visier-cyberkriminelle-erpressung-diebstahl-spionage-deutschland-microsoft-platz-4
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American Airlines subsidiary Envoy confirms Oracle data theft attack
Envoy Air, a regional airline carrier owned by American Airlines, confirms that data was compromised from its Oracle E-Business Suite application after the Clop extortion gang listed American Airlines on its data leak site. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/american-airlines-subsidiary-envoy-confirms-oracle-data-theft-attack/
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American Airlines subsidiary Envoy confirms Oracle data theft attack
Envoy Air, a regional airline carrier owned by American Airlines, confirms that data was compromised from its Oracle E-Business Suite application after the Clop extortion gang listed American Airlines on its data leak site. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/american-airlines-subsidiary-envoy-confirms-oracle-data-theft-attack/
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Deutschland größtes Hacker-Ziel in der EU
Tags: authentication, china, cyberattack, defense, extortion, germany, hacker, iran, login, mail, mfa, microsoft, north-korea, password, phishing, ransomware, software, ukraineLaut einer Studie von Microsoft richteten sich 3,3 Prozent aller Cyberangriffe weltweit im ersten Halbjahr 2025 gegen Ziele in Deutschland.Kein Land in der Europäischen Union steht so sehr im Fokus von kriminellen Hackern wie Deutschland. Das geht aus dem Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 hervor, den der Software-Konzern in Redmond veröffentlicht hat. Danach richteten sich…
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Breach Roundup: Chinese Hackers Exploited ArcGIS
Also, Internet-Exposed Call Center Software Under Attack and Patch Tuesday. This week: Chinese hackers exploited ArcGIS, Internet-exposed call center software under attack, October patch Tuesday, Massachusetts student sentenced for $3 million extortion hack, New York fined eight insurers $14.2M over data breaches, more than 100 VS Code extensions leak secrets. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Qilin Ransomware Leverages Ghost Bulletproof Hosting for Global Attacks
Qilin ransomwarean increasingly prolific ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operationhas intensified its global extortion campaigns by exploiting a covert network of bulletproof hosting (BPH) providers. These rogue hosting services, often headquartered in secrecy-friendly jurisdictions and operated through labyrinthine shell-company structures, allow Qilin’s operators and affiliates to host malware, data leak sites, and command-and-control infrastructure with near impunity. In…
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‘Die meisten Unternehmen sind schlecht auf Cyberattacken vorbereitet”
Markus Weber ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer der IT-Beratungsfirma dokuworks. dokuworks GmbHHerr Weber, als Krisenmanager werden Sie ja oft erst ins Unternehmen geholt, wenn der Angriff schon passiert ist. Was sind die ersten Schritte?Weber: Wir überprüfen zunächst einmal, ob aus technischer Sicht die wichtigsten Maßnahmen getroffen wurden. Dazu gehört zum Beispiel, dass die IT-Systeme vom Netz…
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‘Die meisten Unternehmen sind schlecht auf Cyberattacken vorbereitet”
Markus Weber ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer der IT-Beratungsfirma dokuworks. dokuworks GmbHHerr Weber, als Krisenmanager werden Sie ja oft erst ins Unternehmen geholt, wenn der Angriff schon passiert ist. Was sind die ersten Schritte?Weber: Wir überprüfen zunächst einmal, ob aus technischer Sicht die wichtigsten Maßnahmen getroffen wurden. Dazu gehört zum Beispiel, dass die IT-Systeme vom Netz…
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Qilin Ransomware announced new victims
Resecurity’s new report details how the Qilin RaaS group relies on global bulletproof hosting networks to support its extortion operations. The following new report by Resecurity will explore the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation’s reliance on bullet-proof-hosting (BPH) infrastructures, with an emphasis on a network of rogue providers based in different parts of the world. Qilin…
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Oracle silently fixes zero-day exploit leaked by ShinyHunters
Oracle has silently fixed an Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability (CVE-2025-61884) that was actively exploited to breach servers, with a proof-of-concept exploit publicly leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oracle-silently-fixes-zero-day-exploit-leaked-by-shinyhunters/