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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
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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.
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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.
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Data I/O shuts down systems in wake of ransomware attack
News Regulatory filings by Data I/O suggest the costs of dealing with the attack could be significant
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Average ransom payment doubles in a single quarter
News Targeted social engineering and data exfiltration have become the biggest tactics as three major ransomware groups dominate
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BlackSuit ransomware gang taken down in latest law enforcement sting
News The notorious gang has seen its servers taken down and bitcoin seized, but may have morphed into a new group called Chaos
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MSPs beware – these two ransomware groups are ramping up attacks and have claimed hundreds of victims
News The Akira and Lynx ransomware groups are focusing on small businesses and MSPs using stolen or purchased admin credentials
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Google confirms customer data exposed in Salesforce database breach
News In an update to an investigation on the ShinyHunters group, Google revealed it had also been affected
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Nearly one-third of ransomware victims are hit multiple times, even after paying hackers
News Many ransomware victims are being hit more than once, largely thanks to fragmented security tactics
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75% of UK business leaders are willing to risk criminal penalties to pay ransoms
News A ransom payment ban is a great idea - until you're the one being targeted...
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The Scattered Spider ransomware group is infiltrating Slack and Microsoft Teams to target vulnerable employees
News The group is using new ransomware variants and new social engineering techniques - including sneaking into corporate teleconferences
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Hackers breached a 158 year old company by guessing an employee password
News A Panorama documentary exposed hackers' techniques and talked to the teams trying to tackle them
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