Plus: Apple turns off end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK after pressure to install a backdoor, and two spyware apps expose victim dataβand the identities of people who installed the apps.
Ransomware gangs continued to wreak havoc in 2024, but new research shows that the amounts victims paid these cybercriminals fell by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Plus: Russian spies keep hijacking other hackersβ infrastructure, Hydra dark web market admin gets life sentence in Russia, and more of the weekβs top security news.
