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Hackers Increasingly Shun Encryption in Favour of Pure Data Theft and Extortion

Infosecurity Magazineby Danny Palmer ()2 min read1
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2025-61882
Unauthenticated Takeover of Oracle E-Business Suite Concurrent Processing
9.8100%KEVRansomware
KEV

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2 min read at infosecurity-magazine.com

There has been a significant rise in ransomware campaigns which do not rely on encryption as cybercriminal extortion groups shift their operations. An increasing number of cybercriminals are relying on data theft alone to extort ransom payments out of victims, a new research paper by Symantec and Carbon Black has warned. “Extortion-only attacks have grown immensely…

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