[vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”American travel firm CWT (formerly known as Carlson Wagonlit Travel), was attacked by ransomware hackers, forcing them to pay a ransom in Bitcoin.“][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”CWT forced to pay Bitcoin ransom” size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”A $ 4.5 million ransom in PTS was paid to hackers after they launched an attack that led to the theft of piles of company documents, and disabled thousands of the travel firm’s devices.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Ragnar, the technology used to encrypt files, was used by these hackers to block the travel firm’s files, which, according to Reuters, made them inaccessible.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”CWT had to pay $ 4.5 million in crypt to have their files decrypted and accessed. The encrypted files contained about two terabytes of information, including employee data, financial documents, and other data.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Initially, the hackers demanded a ransom in bitcoin in the amount of $ 10 million. However, it was reduced to 4.5 million, citing COVID, and limited funding as an excuse not to allocate the original 10 million.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”According to the “journal of cybersecurity“, between 2013 and 2017, more than 259 million dollars were collected in the form of ransom. Western security officials also say that ransomware attacks pose a serious and ongoing threat to businesses and private companies, despite the increased attention that is usually paid to the predatory antics of hackers.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”Cyber attacks on cryptocurrency are greatly underestimated” size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3693″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”BlackBerry Vice President Josh Lemos believes that crypto hackers are becoming a serious threat to cybersecurity. Today, malware is increasingly becoming part of crypto applications. In addition, crypto hackers are teaming up to collectively hack network vulnerabilities.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”The growth of the Jack attacks, the crypt is both external and internal threats. In some cases, network resources were used for crypto-mining through legitimate identifiers. The trend shows that organizations do not have the necessary know-how to deal with these hidden threats. Most importantly, crypto-jacking can cause significant damage.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Lemos explains that the crypto mining app is more opportunistic than malicious. First of all, it is aimed at using network resources for financial gain. Adding virus SOFTWARE to these applications makes it a powerful tool for hacking. Most well-known organizations do not know about the dangers, thus exposing their networks to quite formidable vulnerabilities.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”The hack program has reached dangerous levels” size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3694″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”The expert emphasizes that crypto-jacking is becoming more sophisticated, and now includes complex operations. It specifies that this can be simple JavaScript, or be part of any email on any topic. Miners can also be hidden in suspicious browser extensions.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”In the past few years, a way to spread crypto attacks has also developed. Miners can be quickly distributed over an extensive network, since detection is not possible with modern security tools.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Lemos is confident that the trend of hackers to integrate malware into applications that use various vulnerabilities will continue. Such Jack attacks, as well as crypto-ransomware, will increase during the pandemic, as networks become more vulnerable.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”COVID-19 has also made cryptocurrencies more valuable as the world loses faith in Fiat. In many countries, the growing interest in cryptocurrencies is also expanding the market for cryptocurrency hacking interests.”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
