Hackers posing as notorious APT groups threaten organisations with DDoS attacks

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The new and unidentified hacking group is masquerading as other, infamous groups to convince firms to pay its ransom demands

Researchers are continuing to see a rise in the number of extortion letters an unidentified group of hackers is sending to to organisations worldwide. According to researchers from Radware, the ...

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