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William Marshal

William has been one of the key contributors to 'The Cybersecurity Times' with 9.5 years of experience in the cybersecurity journalism. Apart from writing, he also like hiking, skating and coding.


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Fraudsters cheat 50,000 INR using Paytm Spoof app and evade bills
William Marshal Posted On January 14, 2022

Patym Spoof Fraud

Indian Police from Sakinaka neighborhood in Mumbai has arrested three fraudsters who had cheated around 50,000 INR at a restaurant using a fake UPI payment app called Paytm Spoof.


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A look back at the UK Cyber Survey is a wakeup call to update passwords
William Marshal Posted On January 13, 2022

NCSC Cyber Survey

A look back at the UK Cyber Survey conducted by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in 2019 to study the compromised passwords and the patterns associated with it.


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Security Service of Ukraine arrests ransomware group for attack on 50 firms
William Marshal Posted On January 13, 2022

Ransomware gang arrest

Ukraine Cyber Specialists from the Security Service of Ukraine performed a joint operation with the cyber police, American and British partner to eliminate a powerful group of hackers.


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The EU asks Europol to erase data of those that hadn’t committed crime
William Marshal Posted On January 10, 2022

Europol erase data

The European Union (EU) has ordered Europol to delete a huge database of data associated with EU citizens who weren’t associated with any crimes in recent years.


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Fertility Centers of Illinois hit by cyberattack affecting 80K patient data
William Marshal Posted On January 9, 2022

FCI data breach

Cyber criminals have compromised Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) and laid their hands-on 80,000 intimate patient data.


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FIN7 actors sent Malicious USB drives to US companies with ransomware
William Marshal Posted On January 8, 2022

FIN7 actors

The FBI has identified malicious USB devices that are sent to US companies in recent months with the motive to infect the company networks with malware and further payload drops. The group behind this malicious USB operation is found to be FIN7 actors, the ones behind BlackMatter and Darkside ransomware.


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Elephant Beetle steals millions of dollars from organizations worldwide
William Marshal Posted On January 5, 2022

Elephant Beetle

A threat actor that goes by the name ‘Elephant Beetle’ is using a combination of around 80 tools to steal millions of dollars from enterprises across the world.


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441K RedLine Malware affected accounts are included by Have I Been Pwned
William Marshal Posted On December 31, 2021

RedLine malware

If you’re wondering whether your email account is compromised by RedLine malware, you can check the same with ‘Have I Been Pwned’ website as RedLine malware has now 441,000 accounts that are compromised.


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AvosLocker Ransomware Group gives decryptor after breaching US Police
William Marshal Posted On December 30, 2021

AvosLocker Ransomware

AvosLocker Ransomware group has given a free decryptor after accidentally encrypting a US government agency.


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What is Cybersecurity and why is it important
William Marshal Posted On December 19, 2021

What is cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is a process of managing and securing networks, servers, computers, users, mobile devices, applications, and databases from cyberattacks, data leakage and unauthorized access. It is normally a combination of strategy, process, tools, skills and implementation to achieve improved cyber resilience against unforeseen data breaches and cyber attacks.


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