Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

The number of ransomware attacks increased by 40 percent last year, according to Group-IB attackers think bigger and grow more advanced. The greediest ransomware families with highest pay-off were Ryuk , DoppelPaymer and REvil. . The greediest ransomware families with highest pay-off were Ryuk , DoppelPaymer and REvil. .

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

These cybercriminals are happy to put aside previous Ransomware-as-a-Service hierarchies to focus on the ill-gotten gains to be made from controlling victim’s networks, rather than the previous approach which prioritized control of the ransomware itself. It’s Groove whom the babuk ransomware needs to thank for its fame.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Most companies were unprepared to secure an entirely remote workforce, relying on remote desktop protocol (RDP) and strained VPN infrastructures, leaving workers ripe for attack. Ransomware was particularly successful, with estimates that attacks cost businesses $20 billion worldwide in 2020.

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