In 2024, the demand for ransomware payments reached new and extreme highs, with the average cost of an extortion payment from a ransomware attack reaching $5.2 million. While traditional backups provide good data security, they are still vulnerable to ransomware and other cyberattacks. Another, more secure option to prevent a breach in your personal or business storage is immutable backups.

Hot Topic plays in the fashion, apparel, and shoe industry as a retailer of music-influenced apparel and accessories, such as jeans, tops, belts, dresses, pajamas, sunglasses, jewelry, and tees. Founded in 1989, the company employs over 10,000 associates and has over 600 stores in shopping malls all over the United States. Its headquarters is located in the City of Industry, California, and largely serves customers in the United States.

Welcome back to The Evolution of Scalper Bots series. In our previous blog, we analyzed the rise of professional scalper bot ecosystems. This included cook groups, bots-as-a-service platforms, and retail scalping’s emergence. As technical advancements drove fierce competition, we unraveled the complex dynamics of this controversial industry.

Attack surface analysis is the process of mapping out an organization’s attack surfaces. These consist of the set of attack vectors that an attacker could use to target an organization. Organizations have both external and internal attack surfaces. An external attack surface includes all potential attack vectors that could be used to gain initial access to an organization’s environment from the public Internet.

Failing to bypass captcha during web scraping can lead to issues. Some of them can be delays, incomplete data extraction, and wasted resources. Since these website obstacles are frustrating and costly, you need to know how to avoid them. In this article, we explore CAPTCHAs, how they function, and what activates them. Keep reading to discover ways to bypass these challenges and keep your projects running smoothly.

Following the emergence of data-leak sites (DLSs) for new extortion groups Kairos, Chort, Termite, and CONTfr, Cyjax has observed a DLS for a group going by the name ’Argonauts Group’. This group has claimed 10 victims so far. This brings the total of new DLSs discovered this month to seven, with a few days remaining in November.

Does Amazon allow web scraping? This is a common question businesses and individuals face when planning to extract data from this online shopping site. In this article, we’ll explore to what extent it is legal to access Amazon data and how to overcome the site’s anti-scraping measures.

API abuse and web application bot attacks are often confused. This is understandable, as both involve automated interactions and are usually executed by bots. Both attack vectors are prevalent; criminals are always eager to disrupt the foundations on which businesses base their operations to achieve their malicious goals and they frequently automate their actions for maximum results.