Cybersecurity researchers at Fox-IT, part of NCC Group, examined over 700 negotiations between ransomware attackers and ransomware victims in order to analyze the economics behind the digital extortion attacks that demand a ransom payment – often millions of dollar in Bitcoin – in exchange for the decryption key.
Costing $8,610 (roughly £6,360, AU$11,680) for the iPhone 13 Pro version or $9,150 (about £6,760, AU$12,410) for the iPhone 13 Pro Max edition, the Tyrannophone has a big T-Rex on the back.
Criminals are using smartphone apps and text messages to lure vulnerable people into traps—some with purely financial consequences, and some that put the victims in actual physical jeopardy.
Nothing annoys people more than being on hold for ages. If you have an Android phone, a new feature called Hold for Me can suffer the hold music for you. Will you use this?
