SIM Swappers Are Working Directly with Ransomware Gangs Now In a highly unusual marriage in the cybercrime underground, English-speaking members of “the Comm,” a wide spanning entity that includes SIM swappers and physically violent criminals, are working with the Eastern European ransomware group called ALPHV, two cybersecurity industry sources told 404 Media. 404 Media…
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Cyber-Crime: Why Hospitals Are The Perfect Targets For Ransomware
RANSOMWARE HAS BEEN an Internet scourge for more than a decade, but only recently has it made mainstream media headlines. That’s primarily due to a new trend in ransomware attacks: the targeting of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The malware works by locking your computer to prevent you from accessing data until you pay a…