The Victims tag covers people and organizations harmed by cyberattacks, including breaches, scams, malware, identity theft, and data exposure.
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Victims are people, organizations, or public bodies that suffer harm from cyber-enabled activity, such as account compromise, fraud, unauthorized data access, malware, or service disruption. The term may describe both the directly compromised party and individuals whose information, devices, or accounts are affected through an incident involving another organization.
For security practitioners, victim impact guides triage and response: identify affected systems and data, contain access, preserve evidence, and restore trustworthy operations. Exposed personal or confidential information can create privacy and notification obligations, while compromised credentials or devices may enable further attacks against the victim or its contacts. Recording victim details in threat intelligence—such as the targeted sector, initial access method, and affected assets—can help identify campaigns and improve controls. Clear communication and support also matter, because victims need accurate guidance on credential resets, account monitoring, fraud reporting, and available remediation.
While Average Falls Below 30%, We're Still Far From Seeing Criminal Profits Dry UpThe number of victims who opt to pay a ransom appears to have declined to a record low. During the last three months of 2023, an average of 29% of organizations hit by ransomware paid a ransom - a notable shift from what ransomware watchers saw in recent years.
New data from Lloyds found that romance scam victims increased by 22% in 2023, with the average amount lost per incident £6937
The cyberattackers, believed to be state sponsored, didn't get far into Cloudflare's global network, but not for lack of trying.
The last quarter of 2023 saw an 80% year-on-year increase in ransomware victim claims, according to ReliaQuest
Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S. government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day.
It's almost like years of false assurances have made people realize payments are pointless Trusting a ransomware crew to honor a deal isn't the greatest idea, and the world seems to be waking up to that. The number of victims who chose to pay dropped to a new low of 29 percent in the last quarter of 2023.…
A monitoring exercise identified user details in 716 compromised RIPE NCC accounts, plus other valuable credentials belonging to those victims.
New York attorney general launches legal case against Citi for failing to reimburse or protect fraud victims
Group Fakes Stolen Data, Has Ties to Ragnar Locker, Says Researcher Jon DiMaggioWhile ransomware groups rightly have a reputation for being morally and ethically bankrupt, many do play things straight with their victims. But RansomedVC is a notable exception. In some ways, it is "more dangerous" because of its expert ability to lie, according to researcher Jon DiMaggio.
New phishing attacks abuse Microsoft Teams group chat requests to push malicious attachments that install DarkGate malware payloads on victims' systems. [...]
Netenrich analized the ransom note pattern saying the group is refining their messages to victims
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Citibank over its failure to defend customers against hacks and scams and refusing to reimburse victims after allowing fraudsters to steal millions from their accounts. [...]
The FBI is warning the public not to fall for scams where they are urged to liquidate assets and hand them to couriers for ‘safekeeping’
18,000 customers, including the Pentagon and Microsoft, may have other thoughts SolarWinds – whose network monitoring software was backdoored by Russian spies so that the biz's customers could be spied upon – has accused America's financial watchdog of seeking to "revictimise the victim" after the agency sued it over the 2020 attack.…
Insurance companies have a unique view of the ravages of ransomware, which lets us formulate lessons in how to avoid becoming a victim.
Today, the FBI warned about courier services being used to collect money and valuables from victims of tech support and government impersonation scams. [...]
The number of ransomware victims paying ransom demands has dropped to a record low of 29% in the final quarter of 2023, according to ransomware negotiation firm Coveware. [...]