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Cybercrime groups are increasingly operating like businesses, and are even advertising jobs on the dark web that offer competitive salaries, paid time off, and other benefits. This approach to cybercrime enables these groups to attract and retain talented developers and hackers and to operate more efficiently and effectively. This indicates that cybercriminals are becoming more organized and sophisticated, making it increasingly challenging for security forces to pin down and disrupt these groups. Cybercrime groups are seeking to fill a variety of roles, beyond just hackers and developers. Some of these roles may include data analysts, malware and tool developers, initial compromise actors, reverse engineers, website and phishing email designers, malware testers, and IT administ...

NCR, a major provider of payment services, is currently dealing with a ransomware attack that has affected its systems. The attack has caused an outage in one of its data centers and impacted the functionality of its Aloha point-of-sale system used by restaurants and Counterpoint management system used by retailers. While the investigation into the attack is ongoing, NCR has stated that none of its ATMs, digital banking, payments, or other retail products have been affected. The company has notified its customers of the incident, engaged external experts for support, and is working to restore impacted data and applications while enhancing its cybersecurity protocol. Some customers may have reduced capabilities on affected cloud-based Aloha and Counterpoint functionality, but in-...