Vice Society: The #1 cyberthreat to schools, colleges, and universities

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, "known attacks" are those where the victim didn't pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher.

According to a recent Malwarebytes Threat Brief, in the last 12 months, the Vice Society ransomware gang has conducted more known attacks against …

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