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Linked: Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
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Linked: Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware

Look, it makes sense at any time, but right now with companies varying sets of rules around a pandemic, forcing employees back to an office, mandating a vaccine if they do, closing offices, etc. there is bound to be at least one person who just isn’t very happy with whatever stance the company has taken.

Would the vast majority of them stoop to purposefully installing ransomware on the corporate network? Probably not, but the hacker doesn’t need the majority, they need 1. Just one person to be so angry, and also unethical, and they are in.

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Linked: Got An Email From A Hacker With Your Password? Do These 3 Things
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Linked: Got An Email From A Hacker With Your Password? Do These 3 Things

Davey describes something that I’ve seen myself, and know others have seen as well. “The perpetrator will suggest that they are a successful hacker who has not only gained access to your computer but installed malware to record your activity, including taking control of your webcam. What’s more, to validate their hacking credentials, they will…