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There used to be a notorious ransomware group called REvil. Also known as Sodin and Sodinokibi, REvil made a name for itself by extorting large amounts of money from businesses. It also operated a ransomware-as-a-service (RAAS) business model in which it shared profits with affiliates who break into networks and spread its ransomware.

Your IP address is like a beacon on the Internet. It gives websites, and people that you have connected with online, more than just a number. It also gives them the ability to trace that IP address back towards you if they wanted to. Even though a website, or even a person, can’t find your home address from your IP address, they most definitely...

Cyber stalking is a nasty, destructive activity that can have seriously damaging consequences. In short, its harassment carried out over the internet and the motives may be to control or intimidate the victim or to gather information for use in other crimes, like identity theft or real-world stalking.

Have you ever wondered at the scale of activity in the cyber underground or what goes on down there? It’s fair to say it’s a little short of a feeding frenzy with lone hackers honing their skills to organised crime groups launching mass phishing campaigns and every shade of cyber miscreant in between. Within this context a recent report from Vi...