Supply-chain cyberattacks have entered a more aggressive phase: extortion. Instead of quietly stealing data or slipping malware into a software ...

Avocado growers are among the many businesses that are extorted in Mexico Extortion can be defined as the action through which one individual obtains a resource from another through intimidation or ...

Cybercriminals are becoming more aggressive in their effort to maximize disruption and compel the payment of ransom demands, and now there’s a new extortion tactic in play. In early November, the ...

Howard Master and Alberto Orozco discuss how shifts in U.S. foreign policy, particularly under the new administration, are amplifying the risk of extortion for global businesses. They address the ...

A new report says that thousands of corner stores have closed in Honduras’ capital in the past two years due to extortion and pushing residents to flee, a stark example of the economic impact the ...

Ransomware is one of the most common types of cyber threat, targeting a business every 14 seconds and costing $11.5bn in 2019 alone. Typically, hackers that perform these attacks will breach a system ...