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Reports suggest global cybercrime damage costs will increase over the next few years, with forecasts predicting costs will reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. The USA has become particularly susceptible to cybercrime cases, with the average data breach cost in the country hitting $9.48 million in 2023, which is an increase from the reported $9.44 million in 2022.

Here are some burgeoning technologies and software that hinder the capabilities of third-party viewers and cybercriminals.

1. Use a VPN

Over the last few years, many people have realized that third-party viewers can track their online traffic if they’re not careful. Fortunately, there are accessible technologies in place that can help to empower individuals in this era of cybercrime. For example, Macbook users can…

GoDaddy also faced security events from 2020 to 2022, which it shared were carried out by the same attacker.
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An unauthorised third party gained access to GoDaddy, a web host, domain registrar and website building platform’s, servers in its cPanel shared hosting environment and installed malware causing intermittent redirection of customer websites, the platform shared in a blog post.

The breach was first discovered in December 2022 after the platform investigated customer complaints about their sites being used to redirect to random domains.

The company claims that a sophisticated threat actor group, among other things, installed malware on its systems and obtained pieces of code related to some services in the Dec. 2022 attack.

The company also…

A joint law enforcement operation involving both the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and various national police forces have taken down three virtual private network services and associated web hosting operations used by cybercriminals.

The takedown, dubbed “Operation Nova” saw the seizure of domain names and server infrastructure used by insorg.org, inet.com and safe-inet.net. All three offered VPN and proxy services along with “bulletproof hosting.” Bulletproof hosting is a form of web hosting that offers leniency in terms of the material hosted and is regularly used for illegal activity such as online gambling and illegal pornography sites. The services are designed to allow customers to operate while…