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10 hours ago · Two jobless women accused of abducting a three-year-old boy at a Hong Kong shopping centre for a ransom of US$660,000 in cryptocurrency have been remanded in custody following a brief court hearing.
10 hours ago · Definition and how ransomware works: encryption of files or systems until a ransom is paid. Variants: Encrypting ransomware, Locker ransomware, Doxware. Notable Attacks and Trends. Case studies: WannaCry, NotPetya, Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Trends: Shift towards targeting large organizations, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model.
10 hours ago · Back in June this year, a hacker group and ransomware gang known as Brain Cipher compromised more than 210 institutions after it breached the servers of Indonesia’s Temporary National Data Centre (PDNS). It installed a variant of the LockBit 3.0 malware and then demanded that the Indonesian ...
1 day ago · In conclusion, while both killware and ransomware are malicious software threats targeting systems and data, their motivations, methods, and impacts differ significantly. Ransomware aims for financial gain through data encryption and extortion, whereas killware seeks to cause irreparable harm or destruction. Understanding these differences is ...
4 hours ago · Cybercrime: LockBit was one of the major developers of malicious software that allows criminals to lock victims out of their networks, steal their data and demand a ransom for its return.
10 hours ago · KIDNAPPING for ransom is rapidly rising in South Africa, and some experts are expressing extreme concern. Crime expert Chad Thomas, an organised crime investigator from IRS Forensic Investigations, said that kidnap-for-ransom cases have become a major issue in South Africa, with a marked increase in this type of crime.
16 hours ago · PRINT. A man has been arrested for kidnapping two minors after their parents left them in a car for a few minutes, said officials on Friday. Over 300 CCTV cameras were assessed in order to ...
