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Nigerian Police Arrest 11 Individuals in BEC Crackdown

Interpol Operation Falcon II / SilverTerrier BEC Actor Takedown

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Ransomware payments: Here's how much falling victim will now cost you

The average ransom demand made following a ransomware attack has risen to $2.2 million as cyber criminals are becoming bolder and have a bigger impact on the businesses they're targeting.

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Unit 42: Ransomware demands we're aware of averaged $2.2m last year

The average ransom demand hit $2.2 million in 2021, a 144 percent rise from the year prior, according to Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 consultants, while the average ransom payment grew 78 percent to $541,010.

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Ransomware payments hit a new all-time high last year

As ransomware attacks hit more businesses than ever before in 2021, so too did the number of businesses that paid cybercriminals to unlock their data.

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Ransomware payments hit record in 2021, India ranks 2nd in JAPAC region

Ransomware payments hit new records in 2021 as cybercriminals increasingly turned to Dark Web “leak sites” where they pressured victims to pay up by threatening to release sensitive data, according to research released on Friday from Unit 42 by Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader.

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India among top 10 victims of ransomware attacks; Maharashtra the most affected

Having perfected their malware, the cybercriminals developed strategies to recruit affiliates to help victims get back online on paying ransoms, says report

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US Senate Committee on Homeland Security Log4j Briefing: Unit 42's Jen Miller-Osborn Testifies

Unit 42's Jen Miller-Osborn testifies on Log4j at US Senate Committee on Homeland Security

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Hacking team tied to Russia targeted Western 'government entity' in Ukraine -researchers

A hacking team that Ukraine says is controlled by Russian intelligence has targeted a wide range of organizations in the country, including a "western government entity," according to cybersecurity research published on Thursday and Friday.

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Russian APT Primitive Bear attacks Western government department in Ukraine through job hunt

A sophisticated cybercriminal group hailing from Russia has been caught trying to attack a Western government outfit located in Ukraine.

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Cyberattack was attempted against a western government ‘entity’ in Ukraine, researchers say

Last month, a Russia-linked threat actor attempted a cyberattack in Ukraine against an “entity” that’s part of an unidentified western government, according to researchers in Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 organization.

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DHS Launches First-Ever Cyber Safety Review Board

Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the establishment of the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), as directed in President Biden’s Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.

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Aggressive BlackCat Ransomware on the Rise

The cybercriminals behind the malware claim to have compromised more than a dozen companies; they have aggressively outed victims and purportedly paid a significant share of ransoms back to affiliates.

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BlackCat ransomware targeting US, European retail, construction and transportation orgs

Palo Alto said that as of December 2021, BlackCat has the 7th largest number of victims listed on their leak site among ransomware groups that Unit 42 tracks.

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Unpacking the rise of BlackCat ransomware

Despite being a relative newcomer, the BlackCat ransomware family is moving up the list of the most prolific operators in the space

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Interpol nabs 11 Nigerian cyber scam kingpins, one with 800K web credentials

Interpol Operation Falcon II / SilverTerrier BEC Actor Takedown

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Interpol and Nigerian police bust cybercrime BEC ring

Interpol Operation Falcon II / SilverTerrier BEC Actor Takedown

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Interpol arrests 11 alleged members of Nigerian scam syndicate 'SilverTerrier'

Interpol Operation Falcon II / SilverTerrier BEC Actor Takedown

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Interpol & Nigerian Police Force Arrest 11 BEC Actors

Interpol Operation Falcon II / SilverTerrier BEC Actor Takedown

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800,000 Passwords, 50,000 Targets: A Huge Nigerian Fraud Operation Busted

Interpol Operation Falcon II / SilverTerrier BEC Actor Takedown

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Suspected Chinese hackers breach more US defense and tech firms

A suspected Chinese hacking campaign has breached four more US defense and technology companies in the last month, and hundreds more US organizations are running the type of vulnerable software that the attackers have exploited, according to research shared with CNN.

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Hackers use in-house Zoho ServiceDesk exploit to drop webshells

An advanced persistent threat (APT) group that had been exploiting a flaw in the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus software has pivoted to leveraging a different vulnerability in another Zoho product.

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Watch Jim Cramer’s full interview with Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora

“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer interviewed the CEO of Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh Arora, on Friday’s episode of the show.

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New Highly Secure TIC 3.0 Offering for Remote Users & Branch Offices

This year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) finalized two Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0 use cases. These use cases for remote users and branch offices help agencies secure their external connections to federal networks and maintain compliance.

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Palo Alto Networks Cozies Up to CNAPP at Ignite

Palo Alto Networks kicked off its annual Ignite conference with new capabilities across its secure access services edge (SASE) and cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPP).

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Palo Alto Networks updates Prisma Cloud to secure the full app lifecycle

The latest version of Prisma Cloud offers cloud code security, agentless security and other enhancements to embed security into the entire application lifecycle.

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Palo Alto Networks Ignite Brings Technology Partner Program Updates, Innovations

Prisma Cloud continues to push the industry forward with this next evolution of cloud security.

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8 Hot New Palo Alto Networks Tools And Features At Ignite ’21

From spotting over-permissioned Microsoft Azure cloud accounts and reducing the time needed to remediate misconfigurations to the first-ever specialization for managed service partners, here are the top features debuting at Palo Alto Networks Ignite ’21.

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Palo Alto Networks unveils ML-powered cloud security platform

Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday unveiled a new cloud security offering, its next-generation Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), which taps machine learning to bolster the protection of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and collaboration apps.

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Palo Alto Networks’s Okyo Garde: Enabling Hybrid Work From Home

There are several ways to secure home networks today. First, using firewalls, which have a high operational cost of equipment, setup, and onboarding.

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Palo Alto Networks Teams With Siemens on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks and Siemens today announced a partnership that combines the security vendor’s VM-Series firewalls with Siemens’ Ruggedcom networking and security appliances.
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