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Average Ransom Payment Up 71% This Year, Approaches $1 Million

The average ransom payment in cases worked by Unit 42 incident responders rose to $925,162 during the first five months of 2022.

Jun 07, 2022

By Ryan Olson

Must-Read Articles, Points of View, Products and Services

Ransomware Trends: Higher Ransom Demands, More Extortion Tactics

The 2022 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report documents trends observed in incident response case data and insights gleaned from dark web leak sites.

Mar 24, 2022

By Ryan Olson

Announcement, Points of View

The Palo Alto Networks Full-Court Defense for Apache Log4j

The recent Apache Log4j vulnerability is a particularly pernicious problem for two reasons: It has a very large footprint and remediation could take weeks.

Dec 13, 2021

By Ryan Olson

Announcement

Exposing the Sophisticated Cyber Espionage Tool Known as BendyBear

Unit 42 has disclosed the discovery of BendyBear, extremely stealthy malware that is one of the most sophisticated cyber espionage tools seen to date.

Feb 09, 2021

By Ryan Olson

Products and Services

COVID-19: The Cybercrime Gold Rush of 2020

Unit 42 has been tracking a cybercrime gold rush aimed at taking advantage of the pandemic. Learn best practices to help avoid exploitation.

Jul 21, 2020

By Ryan Olson

Blogs by Ryan Olson

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Ransomware Trends: Higher Ransom Demands, More Extortion Tactics

The 2022 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report documents trends observed in incident response case data and insights gleaned from dark web leak sites.

Mar 24, 2022

By Ryan Olson

Announcement

Announcing the LabyREnth Capture the Flag (CTF) Challenge

We’re proud to announce that LabyREnth, the Unit 42 Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge, is open to the public and ready to test your malware analysis and reverse engineering skills. You’ll have …

Jul 15, 2016

By Ryan Olson

Announcement, Points of View

The Palo Alto Networks Full-Court Defense for Apache Log4j

The recent Apache Log4j vulnerability is a particularly pernicious problem for two reasons: It has a very large footprint and remediation could take weeks.

Dec 13, 2021

By Ryan Olson

Must-Read Articles, Points of View, Public Sector

Average Ransom Payment Up 71% This Year, Approaches $1 Million

The average ransom payment in cases worked by Unit 42 incident responders rose to $925,162 during the first five months of 2022.

Jun 07, 2022

By Ryan Olson

On March 24, we released the details of a vulnerability impacting millions of Android devices that allows an attacker to modify applications during the installation process. At that time we also released …

Apr 10, 2015

By Ryan Olson

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Must-Read Articles, Points of View, Public Sector

Average Ransom Payment Up 71% This Year, Approaches $1 Million

Must-Read Articles, Points of View, Products and Services

Ransomware Trends: Higher Ransom Demands, More Extortion Tactics

Announcement, Points of View

The Palo Alto Networks Full-Court Defense for Apache Log4j

Announcement

Exposing the Sophisticated Cyber Espionage Tool Known as BendyBear

Products and Services

COVID-19: The Cybercrime Gold Rush of 2020

Must-Read Articles, Points of View, Products and Services

Ransomware Trends: Higher Ransom Demands, More Extortion Tactics

Announcement

Announcing the LabyREnth Capture the Flag (CTF) Challenge

Announcement, Points of View

The Palo Alto Networks Full-Court Defense for Apache Log4j

Must-Read Articles, Points of View, Public Sector

Average Ransom Payment Up 71% This Year, Approaches $1 Million

Threat Intelligence

Android Installer Hijacking Scanner: Accept No Substitutes!

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