Search Results for: extortion Blog Post Emerging Ransomware Groups That Might Be Targeting You Right Now February 19, 2021 Ransomware becomes more and more popular. Emerging Ransomware Groups groups are quickly adopting a double extortion model (Babyk, Egregor, Nefilim). This means... Blog Post GDPR Extortion Campaigns are on the Horizon August 9, 2018 In recent years, DDoS and ransomware attacks have been the norm in cybercrime activity. Following the implementation of EU’s General... Blog Post Ransomware Gangs Stoop To Cold-Calling Victims When They Restore From Backups Without Paying December 11, 2020 Stooping to further moral degradation, some ransomware gangs are now cold-calling victims in a bid to direct pressure on them.... Blog Post Increase in Extortionate Emails – USSS Information Alert May 1, 2020 The United States Secret Service has recently observed an increase in extortion email scams. These are not necessarily new methods... Blog Post Hoax Bomb Threats Sent in Bitcoin Extortion Scam December 15, 2018 Organizations around the country have received bomb threats in their inboxes. These email campaigns demanded a large sum of money... Newsletter Cyber Extortion Emails Peaking August 7, 2018 Blog Post Cyber Extortion Emails August 3, 2018 Cyber extortion is growing rapidly. LIFARS has proprietary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures to combat cyber threats. If you have been... Newsletter Hoax Bomb Threats Sent in Bitcoin Extortion Scam December 18, 2018 Blog Post Zero-days in Accellion file transfer app used for data theft March 4, 2021 Back in December 2020, a software vendor Accellion informed about an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its File Transfer Appliance... Newsletter Digital Extortion Junkies March 6, 2018 Blog Post Ransomware is ‘Modern-Day Extortion’, Says McAfee CEO February 27, 2018 The chief executive of cybersecurity firm McAfee has labelled ransomware as the modern day answer to extortion. Speaking to CNBC,... Blog Post Blockchain Technology: What You Need to Know April 29, 2020 The blockchain originated from Bitcoin. As the underlying technology of Bitcoin, it is essentially a decentralized database. It refers to... Blog Post Sextortion Emails – A Variant of Cyber Extortion Holding Ransom Your Character in Exchange for Bitcoin Money August 5, 2018 LIFARS is frequently called in to address cyber extortion. A popular recent variant is sextortion emails. In this scheme, an email is received falsely... Blog Post REvil Ransomware Gang Doesn’t Shoot Low, Giant Acer Fell Its Victim March 29, 2021 Even tech companies are a luring target for cybercriminals. Recently, a global high-ranking computer company Acer found snaps of its... Blog Post What You Need to Know About Maze Ransomware Attacks May 3, 2020 Destructive ransomware attacks against large organizations have always been headlines, and unfortunately, they are becoming more common. For example, on...
Blog Post Emerging Ransomware Groups That Might Be Targeting You Right Now February 19, 2021 Ransomware becomes more and more popular. Emerging Ransomware Groups groups are quickly adopting a double extortion model (Babyk, Egregor, Nefilim). This means...
Blog Post GDPR Extortion Campaigns are on the Horizon August 9, 2018 In recent years, DDoS and ransomware attacks have been the norm in cybercrime activity. Following the implementation of EU’s General...
Blog Post Ransomware Gangs Stoop To Cold-Calling Victims When They Restore From Backups Without Paying December 11, 2020 Stooping to further moral degradation, some ransomware gangs are now cold-calling victims in a bid to direct pressure on them....
Blog Post Increase in Extortionate Emails – USSS Information Alert May 1, 2020 The United States Secret Service has recently observed an increase in extortion email scams. These are not necessarily new methods...
Blog Post Hoax Bomb Threats Sent in Bitcoin Extortion Scam December 15, 2018 Organizations around the country have received bomb threats in their inboxes. These email campaigns demanded a large sum of money...
Blog Post Cyber Extortion Emails August 3, 2018 Cyber extortion is growing rapidly. LIFARS has proprietary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures to combat cyber threats. If you have been...
Blog Post Zero-days in Accellion file transfer app used for data theft March 4, 2021 Back in December 2020, a software vendor Accellion informed about an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its File Transfer Appliance...
Blog Post Ransomware is ‘Modern-Day Extortion’, Says McAfee CEO February 27, 2018 The chief executive of cybersecurity firm McAfee has labelled ransomware as the modern day answer to extortion. Speaking to CNBC,...
Blog Post Blockchain Technology: What You Need to Know April 29, 2020 The blockchain originated from Bitcoin. As the underlying technology of Bitcoin, it is essentially a decentralized database. It refers to...
Blog Post Sextortion Emails – A Variant of Cyber Extortion Holding Ransom Your Character in Exchange for Bitcoin Money August 5, 2018 LIFARS is frequently called in to address cyber extortion. A popular recent variant is sextortion emails. In this scheme, an email is received falsely...
Blog Post REvil Ransomware Gang Doesn’t Shoot Low, Giant Acer Fell Its Victim March 29, 2021 Even tech companies are a luring target for cybercriminals. Recently, a global high-ranking computer company Acer found snaps of its...
Blog Post What You Need to Know About Maze Ransomware Attacks May 3, 2020 Destructive ransomware attacks against large organizations have always been headlines, and unfortunately, they are becoming more common. For example, on...
