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The Many Faces of Malware: A Journey of Real-World Samples
Most people never get face-to-face with malware, but I'm not most people, having experimented with protection software at PCMag for decades. Let's take a deep dive into the dark web to glimpse what malware looks like.Unless you’re a miserable victim of ransomware, you’ve likely never had a close-up view of a virus, Trojan, or other nasty software. Even if you neglected common wisdom and visited damaging websites or clicked hazardous links, your antivirus software likely wiped out any offending program on sight. So, you might wonder, just what does malware look like? Would you even...
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Concerned about cyberattacks, the EU continues to lay the groundwork for its cyber shield.
The European Commission proposes two new cybersecurity regulations: one on establishing common rules and the other on information security. This new step is part of the European Union's desire to set up a European cyber shield to strengthen the protection of institutions, bodies and Member States in this area while promoting cooperation. A necessary ambition has given the resurgence of the cyber threat.“In a connected environment, a single cybersecurity incident can affect an entire organization,” notes Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Budget and Administration. Faced with the resurgence of cyberattacks in a threatening geopolitical context and...
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Ransomware Payments Hit New Records in 2021 as Dark Web Leaks Climbed, According to New Report from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
Average ransom demand increased from 144% to $2.2 million.Average payment grew from 78% per cent to $541,010.Posts on name-and-shame Dark Web leak sites rose 85%.Ransomware revenues hit new records in 2021 as cybercriminals increasingly shifted to Dark Web "leak sites" where they pressured targets to pay up by terrorising to release discreet data, according to research from Unit 42 by Palo Alto Networks. The average ransom demand in topics worked by Unit 42 happening responders rose 144% in 2021 to $2.2 million, while the average earnings climbed 78% to $541,010, according to The 2022 Unit...
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Migros subsidiary Lüchinger + Schmid falls victim to a ransomware attack.
Egg producer Lüchinger + Schmid fell victim to a cyber attack. The Suncrypt hacker group has tapped data from the Migros supplier and published some of it on the dark web.Lüchinger + Schmid has fallen into the crosshairs of cybercriminals. As the "NZZ" (Paywall) reports, the company fell victim to a ransomware attack. Lüchinger + Schmid is an egg producer. The company belongs to Micarta, a Migros food producer.The cyberattack took place at the beginning of March, reports the "NZZ", citing information from Migros. The damage was limited, and the company's operations were not affected....
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Into the Dark Web: Behind Toyota’s Supply Chain Disruption
As one of the world’s largest auto manufacturers, Toyota Motor Corp. has a mixed supply chain to support its enterprise operations with over 300 suppliers.Over the years, Toyota has combined some of its suppliers into its procedures but still kept multiple third-party vendors under contract. That indicates that, like many other organizations with complicated supply chains, Toyota has to rely on the quality and strength of its supplier’s cyber security systems.With today’s interconnected networks, cybercriminals are increasingly efficient in identifying the weakest link in a supply chain, knowing that the biggest damage can come from...
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La Liendra bought a box on the Deep Web, and its contents left him terrified.
In the video, the 22 -year-old opened the box, assuring that it smelled like " dead ", then proceeded to take out item by item, the first was some cloth dolls tied and with pins, in addition, he described to his followers that for the whole box there were hairs, he also assured that the dolls smelled disgusting and that they were wrapped in a cloth that said: "pret a mouria tu es le prochain".The content creator asked his followers what language this was and what this phrase meant, to which they replied that this...
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Darknet: how can it be a weapon of dissent?
Negatively connoted and the object of many fantasies in the collective imagination, the darknet is often seen as the supermarket of crime, the place of trafficking... How can it also contribute to freedom of expression and information?With each passing day, Russia is closing in on itself a little more; it has banned most Western social networks and platforms and is trying to control the Internet. Behind this digital iron curtain, what role can the darknet or the darknets play in the free flow of information? And above all, how can we define this underground network,...
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Brief Encounter with a Dark Web 'Human Trafficking' Site
"Nicole's starting proposal is set at 150,000$," the listing read. The skinny, blonde, and topless girl appeared to be beating around in the accompanying photos. With her arms tied behind her back and the rope joined to a wireframe, "Nicole" slipped forward as the shadow of a man dominated in the background.The advert for the upcoming auction included Nicole's breast size weight and that she is free from sexually transmitted diseases. She was being showcased on the dark web, on a website operated by a group calling itself "Black Death.""I'm interested in the girl," I...
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Donations to help Ukrainians move to the Darknet, many of them are fraudulent
Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence division of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) has observed a trend on the Darknet where advertisements are posted asking for donations to help Ukrainians. Although some are legitimate, many on the contrary are fraudulent. All the examples found ask for donations in cryptocurrencies. The Darknet is a section of the Internet that is not visible to search engines and is accessed using anonymous browsers. Researchers warn users not to make donations to Ukraine through it, as cybercriminals are looking to quickly cash in on high interest...
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Do you know the difference between the Dark Web and the Deep Web?
But what is the dark web?We can say that the content exists in the darknet links, these networks walk in a different place than the Internet that we usually know, where just by entering a browser, we can enter any address, and without problems, we can find it. This is called Clearnet.But on the dark web, it is not easy to access since particular software and configurations are required, including authorizations.If you are interested in entering the dark web browser, you must have tools that allow you to do so. You need a specific browser;...
