Federal prosecutors indict alleged head of Black Kingdom ransomware
A man believed to be living in Yemen is accused of developing the ransomware and infecting about 1,500 computer systems in the U.S. and elsewhere between March…
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Ukrainian extradited to US for alleged Nefilim ransomware attack spree
Federal law enforcement officials accuse Artem Stryzhak, who was arrested in Spain last year, of attacking and extorting multiple companies between 2018 and 2021.
Cybersecurity vendors are themselves under attack by hackers, SentinelOne says
“It’s practically taboo” for cyber firms to talk about being targeted, but SentinelLabs said in a new report that it has observed multiple threats.
Attackers hit security device defects hard in 2024
Mandiant said exploits were the most common initial access vector last year, linking software defects to 1 in 3 attacks. The most commonly exploited vulnerabilities affected network…
10 key numbers from the 2024 FBI IC3 report
The yearly report from the bureau is filled with stats. We pulled out the most interesting ones.
Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities
Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report noted a 37% increase in ransomware attacks and a 34% increase in exploited vulnerabilities.
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Will Pearce on the ever-changing field of offensive AI security
Will Pearce, CEO and Co-founder of Dreadnode
Microsoft patches zero-day actively exploited in string of ransomware attacks
Microsoft said Storm-2460 has exploited the zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System to attack organizations in the U.S., Venezuela, Spain and Saudi Arabia.
Silent Push’s Ken Bagnall on how companies can work with governments to take down malicious infrastructure
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Allie Bohan on how to handle the non-technical side of a ransomware attack
FTI Consulting’s Allie Bohan