Data breaches and ransomware attacks are increasingly driving US companies into bankruptcy and out of business. Such incidents cost firms worldwide an average of $4.9m, rising to nearly double in the US. Cyberattacks have more than doubled since the start of the pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund. Meanwhile, US alcohol distributor Stoli Group and background check provider National Public Data have both gone bankrupt, partly due to such attacks.
Outlaw Group Uses SSH Brute-Force to Deploy Cryptojacking Malware on Linux Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details about Outlaw, an “auto-propagating” cryptocurrency mining botnet that targets SSH servers with weak credentials. The Romanian-origin malware performs SSH brute-force
