Hacking group CL0P’s attacks on MOVEit point to ways that cyber extortion may be evolving, illuminating possible trends in who perpetrators target, when they time their attacks and how they put ...

Cyber extortion is accelerating, powered by phishing gangs and crime-as-a-service. Explore 2025 trends and why attacks are ...

A new global report out this week captures trends in how cyber attacks evolved in 2023 and are likely to keep evolving throughout 2024. 2023 saw more threat actors target end-of-life products, ...

One of the largest car rental companies in Europe fell victim to a fabricated cyberattack. Why would adversaries claim a mock attack? To understand the real intentions and motivations behind such ...

Cyber extortion can hit a company hard by disrupting operations, exposing sensitive data and shaking shareholder trust. Even a single attack can have costly, far-reaching consequences for business ...

Incidents of online extortion reported to the police increased by nearly two-fifths in 2022 compared to a year previously, according to international law firm RPC. The findings, which cover the full ...

The global cyber environment is described as a "society wide crisis" driven by industrialized cybercrime and the fragmentation, or "balkanization," of cyberspace along geopolitical fault lines, which ...

An unknown user going by the handle "Gitloker" is grabbing and wiping clean repositories on GitHub in an apparent effort to extort victims. The campaign, which a researcher at Chilean cybersecurity ...

While a small number of victims are likely to pay Clop’s extortion demands, the cybercriminal group could receive ‘very high’ payments from those victims, according to a report from incident response ...

"It is said that the law is always at least several years behind the technology. With respect to the application of a criminal statute the doctrine of lenity, among other established rules, acts as ...

Despite high-profile attacks and publicity, advanced persistent threats continue to strike organizations in all sectors. How can security leaders improve defenses? ThreatTrack's Usman Choudhary offers ...

A strong cyber insurance program is a critical risk management tool for companies, regardless of size or industry focus. When properly crafted, cyber insurance should protect a company against the ...