victims were prompted to pay a ransom in bitcoin. CTB-Locker was one of the first ransomware strains to use multilingual notices to inform victims of infection. It also marked the start of the widespread use of
Therefore, accidental attempts are not viable in a court of law. Furthermore, the ulterior motive must be specific to the target crime and not a general ulterior motive without a particular intended outcome. Motives like recklessness are therefore insufficient evidence. However, if the intent for ...
a 31% year-over-year increase, according to a report by performance management and security software vendor Netscout. Political or ideological motives are behind many of the attacks, but they're also used to seek ransom payments -- in some cases, attackers threaten an organization with a DDoS ...
In 1964 the philosopher Jacques Choron defined rational suicide as being when there is no psychiatric disorder, there is no impairment of the reasoning of the suicidal person, and the person's motives appear to be justifiable or at least understandable by the majority of contemporaries in the sam...
Common Motives Behind a DDoS Attack Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks aren't launched in a vacuum. Perpetrators are driven by a range of motivations, transforming this tactic from a nuisance to a strategic tool. Understanding these motives is crucial for effective defense. ...
Health records: In healthcare breaches, medical histories and insurance details become prime targets for potential misuse in fraud schemes. The above illustrates the vast scope of potential cyber-attack targets. Perpetrators choose a target based on their motives—from immediate monetary gain through ...
Most cyber attacks are fueled by financial motives. However, all cyber attacks aim to cause disruption and chaos. Common types of cyber attacks Cyber attacks have existed since the dawn of the Internet. In 1988, the first recorded attack, known as the Morris Worm, was launched from MIT ...
The type of malware depends on the attacker’s motives. POS: Compromise a point-of-sale (PoS) device to steal credit card numbers, debit card and PINs, transaction history, and contact information. More sophisticated types of malware contain several of the above types to deliver a combination...
“Aoqin Dragon” by SentinelLabsresearchers, this nation-state funded threat actor group is responsible for a cluster of malicious activity dating back to 2013 targeting government, education, and telecommunications organizations across Southeast Asia and Australia. Although the exact motives are unknown,...
To explore this question, the researchers had participants read a fictitious account of a news story about acrime. The key facts in this story were whether the alleged assailant was Muslim and whether the crime was religiously motivated.