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Cyber attack on the consumer advice center in Hesse
The Hesse consumer advice center does not have good news for its customers. A cyber attack has resulted in the encryption of important data. Until…
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Cybersecurity: hacker group Lockbit has apparently been disbanded
The Lockbit group has been a big fish in the field of cybercrime for years. It has now apparently been caught by a consortium of…
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Europol: Tools already helped around 1.5 million victims of ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks increased significantly in recent years. The European police authority Europol provides 136 free tools for this purpose, which have already helped 1.5 million…
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After ransomware attack: Around 56 GB of data stolen from AMD
The fairly young group RansomHouse claims to have stolen around 56 GB of data from AMD in a large-scale ransomware attack. The attack is said…
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Microsoft Defender classifies Microsoft Office update as potential ransomware
Windows’ own security tool, Microsoft Defender, enjoys growing popularity and repeatedly shows in tests that it can keep up even with expensive antivirus programs. This…
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Gigabyte: Hardware manufacturer affected by ransomware attack
Attack on hardware manufacturer Gigabyte. Last week, the company’s website was attacked by hackers as part of a ransomware attack. Data was also reportedly encrypted…
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Emotet ransomware infrastructure smashed
Through an international operation, authorities succeeded on Tuesday in breaking the infrastructure of the well-known malware Emotet, rendering it useless. International cooperation makes it possible…