PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Last month, the city of Riviera Beach, Florida, was crippled by a ransomware attack that led to it paying a hefty sum to recover government systems. They attack every industry you can think of,” said Ron Bush, an information security consultant, in a recent interview with NWI.com. . We’re at war and don’t realize it.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Bitdefender said in its Mid-Year Threat Landscape Report 2020 that four out of 10 pandemic-themed emails in the first half of the year on average were tagged as spam. “As Bitdefender also said worldwide ransomware reports have surged by 715.08 Attempts to infect users with ransomware in 2020 have not slowed down.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Google issued a stark warning last week about the state of cybersecurity: Phishing attacks are on the rise and continue to take advantage of vulnerabilities resulting from the global pandemic. Among a lengthy list of attack methods, ransomware and third-party breaches remain common tactics against law firms, the report revealed.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

San Francisco’s Muni public transit system was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack last weekend (Nov. The attacker demanded 100 bitcoin (approximately $73,000) in ransom and displayed in the message to contact cryptom27@yandex.com for the decryption key.

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Strategic Treasurer

DECEMBER 27, 2021

There were more targeted attacks at larger companies, but automation is democratizing the attacks of small firms are experiencing a very significant shift. I think is useful to know is that small firms have seen a significant increase in fraud attempts at the rate of 2.3x Those are those are pretty significant.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

And “waiting on the wings,” in fact, maybe a slightly misleading way to tag that. Attacks on smart cities, per se, are not commonly reported as of early 2020 because there aren’t very many smart cities out there. These are still the earliest days and there’s not a lot to attack yet. Attacks target cities of all sizes.

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