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Friday, 16 October 2020 06:26

Ransomware gang attacks Texas unit of global steel conglomerate

Malicious attackers appear to have used the Windows SunCrypt ransomware to attack the Texas operations of global steel conglomerate JSW Steel, and have leaked a single company document on the dark web, apparently one which was stolen during the attack.

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Wednesday, 07 October 2020 08:07

Ransomware gangs add DDoS to their arsenal to put pressure on victims

Ransomware gangs appear to have added another tool to their arsenal in order to extort ransoms from their victims, with some using distributed denial of service attacks to pile on the pressure.

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