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Cisco Takes Down Ransomware Operation Generating $30 Million in Revenue For Hackers

Researchers have discovered a group of hackers that is making an estimated $30 Million a year from their online criminal operation. Researchers from Cisco Systems’ Talos Security unit noted that “using simple math [one] easily determine that this [particular adversary is making potentially $3 Million a month,” but “It is difficult to be 100% accurate with these numbers,” Cisco researchers said. Angler Exploit Kit is one of the most potent exploit kits available in the underground market for hacking into computers. It packages a number of hacking tools that take advantage of vulnerabilities Flash, Java and other browser plugins.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/10/ransomware-hacking.html

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