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Researchers Uncover Cicada3301 Ransomware Operations and Its Affiliate Program

Oct 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have gleaned additional insights into a nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called Cicada3301 after successfully gaining access to the group’s affiliate panel on the dark web. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said it contacted the threat…

Readers deserve better from popular science books

Non-fiction publishing is failing its readers. It is pumping out books with supposedly game-changing ideas, without bothering to ensure basic accuracy. These tomes have the appearance of academic work, but none of the rigour. My frustration about this has been…

RansomHub Overtakes LockBit as Most Prolific Ransomware Group

RansomHub is now the number one ransomware operation in terms of claimed successful attacks, according to new data from Symantec. The security vendor’s latest threat intelligence report for Q3 2024, Ransomware: Threat Level Remains High in Third Quarter, is based…

See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World

This article is part of “Innovations In: Solutions for Health Equity,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Once a week, early in the morning, community health worker Kiden Josephine Francis Laja mounts…

Uber is reportedly exploring an Expedia takeover

Uber is reportedly exploring the idea of purchasing Expedia, one of the largest travel booking companies in the world, according to the Financial Times. Expedia, which is valued at $20 billion and which reported its highest-ever annual revenue in 2023,…