{"id":3113,"date":"2025-01-10T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85-victims-using-double-extortion-tactics\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T13:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:15:03","slug":"ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85-victims-using-double-extortion-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85-victims-using-double-extortion-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date.<br \/>\n&#8220;The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims into paying ransoms,&#8221; Check Point Research said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. &#8221;\u00a0Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date.<br \/>\n&#8220;The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims into paying ransoms,&#8221; Check Point Research said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. &#8221;\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date. &#8220;The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims into paying ransoms,&#8221; Check Point Research said in a new&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85-victims-using-double-extortion-tactics\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}