The rise of teen hackers ‘makes for a good headline’, but cyber crime activities peak later in life
With family responsibilities and mortgages to pay, it's not teenagers dishing out malware or carrying out cyber extortion
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NCSC issues alert over 'zero-click' phishing campaign hitting enterprisesNews Ukrainian organizations were used to test new zero-click techniques employed by Russian hackers
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Companies are still paying ransoms to cyber criminals despite official adviceNews A Proofpoint survey found evolving ransomware techniques and the use of AI is exacerbating the situation for victims
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This one cyber crime group accounted for nearly a fifth of all ransomware attacks in JuneNews The Gentlemen, a ransomware a service operator, now accounts for 17% of published attacks
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Working with the enemy: Ransomware negotiator-turned cyber criminal jailed after working with hackers to extort clientsNews Angelo Martino was supposed to be negotiating on behalf of victims, but was secretly working for ransomware operators
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‘The risk to every organization has increased exponentially’: The FortiBleed campaign just took a turn for the worseNews Reports suggest that FortiBleed-linked exposed credentials could put UK government and public services at huge risk
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Hackers are posing as Interpol to target small businesses – here's what you need to knowNews Small businesses are warned to think twice before clicking on links
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Opera browser thinks it has the solution to stopping ClickFix malware attacksNews The browser company is targeting a growing source of malicious links with its new Paste Protect feature
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‘Every hour ransomware goes undetected drastically increases its potential blast radius’: Hackers are breaching networks and laying low for longer – and nearly half of firms don’t realize until data is stolenNews An ExtraHop survey found more intrusions are going undetected, leading to longer dwell times
