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Ragnar Locker Ransomware targets Greece Gas Company

CyberSecurity Insiders

And reports are in that Ragnar Locker Gang is demanding $12 million to free up data from encryption. DESFA released a press statement that it became a victim of a ransomware attack on Saturday last week and assured that its business continuity plan will surely bail them out of the present situation, without paying a penny.

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Mandating End-to-End Verifiable Voting Systems in U.S. Elections

SecureWorld News

These vulnerabilities include risk to tampering, fraud, and cyber attacks, which can emphasize the integrity of elections and affect public trust. Specific to the E2E-V voting systems, homomorphic encryption enables the tallying of votes without revealing individual votes.

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Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008 as an extension of Data Protection Day in Europe. Humans are not only the main target of attackers; they are also the most important part of the security and privacy chain. Todd Moore | VP, Encryption Products. And here’s the tricky part. Every week of 2022.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

2003-2008 — Albert Gonzalez — Albert Gonzales is arrested in 2003 for being part of ShadowCrew, a group that stole and then sold card numbers online, and works with authorities in exchange for his freedom. 2008 – The Church of Scientology — A hacker group known as Anonymous targets the Church of Scientology website.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. Born from two board members of AVG Technologies, Evolution Equity Partners started in 2008 to help US and European-based entrepreneurs in cybersecurity, enterprise software, and consumer-enterprise crossover segments. Evolution Equity Partners. NightDragon.

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5 Critical Threat Actors You Need to Know About

Digital Shadows

The ransomware itself doesn’t handle data exfiltration but relies on these tools to steal data before encryption. RansomHub uses the Elliptic Curve Encryption algorithm Curve 25519 to lock files with a unique public/private key pair for each compromised individual.

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5 Critical Threat Actors You Need to Know About

Digital Shadows

The ransomware itself doesn’t handle data exfiltration but relies on these tools to steal data before encryption. RansomHub uses the Elliptic Curve Encryption algorithm Curve 25519 to lock files with a unique public/private key pair for each compromised individual.