Tag: cyber criminals
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Travelex paid $2.3 million in ransom to restore its systems
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Criminals allegedly asked for $3 million. Read more via ItProPortal.
Read MoreRedcar & Cleveland Council and Ransomware
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council hit by Cyber Attack By Advent IM Security Consultant Osian Cassells Cyber-attacks continue to wreak havoc throughout industry and businesses across the globe, with no signs of them slowing down. One of the latest victims of the ever-growing threat of a cyber-attack has been part of UK local government, Redcar […]
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RobbinHood ransomware tricks Windows into deleting defences
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
By subverting kernel memory settings in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, the RobbinHood ransomware can now delete cyber security defences from target systems Read via ComputerWeekly.
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International law enforcement operation exposes the world’s most harmful cyber crime group
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A Russian national who runs Evil Corp has been indicted in the United States following unprecedented collaboration between the NCA, the FBI and the National Cyber Security Centre. Read via National Crime Agency.
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Cyber criminal RAT busted by cops
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Police forces around the UK have arrested nine people as part of an international operation targeting users of a remote access trojan. Read More via Computer Weekly.
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