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Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch Out For in 2025

Centraleyes

Expect to see more investments in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as encryption, anonymization, and data masking. Quantum Computings Impact on Cybersecurity Quantum computing, although still in its early stages, poses a future threat to current encryption standards.

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Top 10 Cybersecurity Trends to Expect in 2025

Hacker's King

Quantum Computing Threats While quantum computing offers immense potential, it also poses a serious risk to traditional encryption methods. Hackers with access to quantum technology could potentially break existing cryptographic protocols, necessitating the development of quantum-resistant encryption.

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The 2022 ThreatLabz State of Ransomware Report

Security Boulevard

Double-extortion attacks, which include data exfiltration in addition to encryption, are rising even faster at 117% year-over-year. Some industries saw particularly high growth of double-extortion attacks, including healthcare (643%), food service (460%), mining (229%), education (225%), media (200%), and manufacturing (190%).

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?

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Tech Company Refuses to Pay Maze Ransomware Operators

SecureWorld News

This time, the victim is a tech company, prominent chipset manufacturer MaxLinear. The chip manufacturer says it will not pay the ransom. It is considered nuclear because Maze does more than encrypt systems and data on networks, it exfiltrates data and files to use as leverage to extract payment from the victim.

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Ransomware and Cyber Extortion in Q3 2024

Digital Shadows

Meow” took fourth place in Q3 2024, shifting its tactics from data encryption to selling stolen data on cybercriminal forums and its own data-leak site. Cyber insurance makes these regions more attractive targets, as attackers believe that insured organizations are more likely to pay to minimize operational impact.

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Ransomware and Cyber Extortion in Q4 2024

Digital Shadows

The sectors targeted by ransomware groups have also remained consistent: Professional services and technical services (PSTS) and manufacturing companies are primary targets because of their economic importance, low tolerance for operational downtime, and higher willingness to pay ransoms.