Ransomware
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The number of ransomware groups rockets as new, smaller players emerge
News The good news is that the number of victims remains steady
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Teens arrested over nursery chain Kido hack
news The ransom attack caused widespread shock when the hackers published children's personal data
By Emma Woollacott Published
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NCA confirms arrest after airport cyber disruption
News Disruption is easing across Europe following the ransomware incident
By Emma Woollacott Published
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The top ransomware trends in 2025
In-depth A splintering of top groups and changing attitudes toward payments are changing attacker tactics at speed
By Kate O'Flaherty Published
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Cyber professionals are losing sleep over late night attacks
News Hackers are biding their time and launching attacks when businesses can’t respond
By Ross Kelly Published
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The CISO’s Guide to Stopping Ransomware
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Prolific ransomware operator added to Europe’s Most Wanted list as US dangles $10 million reward
News The US Department of Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of Volodymyr Viktorovych Tymoshchuk, an alleged ransomware criminal.
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Jaguar Land Rover “did the right thing” shutting down systems to thwart cyber attack
News The attack on Jaguar Land Rover highlights the growing attractiveness of the automotive sector
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Ransomware attack on IT supplier disrupts hundreds of Swedish municipalities
News The attack on IT systems supplier Miljödata has impacted public sector services across the country
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Ransomware payments are banned in the public sector: should businesses still pay?
Column The UK government is introducing a ban on ransomware payments for the public sector and critical national infrastructure – but will there could be unintended consequences
By Stephen Pritchard Published
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A notorious hacker group is ramping up cloud-based ransomware attacks
News The Storm-0501 threat group is refining its tactics, according to Microsoft, shifting away from traditional endpoint-based attacks and toward cloud-based ransomware.
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Security researchers have just identified what could be the first ‘AI-powered’ ransomware strain
News Using OpenAI's gpt-oss:20b model, ‘PromptLock’ generates malicious Lua scripts via the Ollama API.
By Emma Woollacott Published
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