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Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities

Aug 17, 2026 11:55 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, backup, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitre, radius, ransom, ransomware, service, software, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized

Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts. Key takeaways Storm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption…
QA: Ransomware is now a ‘fully fledged industry’, says cybercrime journalist Geoff White

Aug 11, 2026 7:26 PM

Tags: breach, cybercrime, data, fraud, group, hacker, ransom, ransomware, tactics, tool

Cybercrime no longer divides neatly between lone hackers, organised gangs and state-backed operations. These groups exchange tactics and tools, while stolen data gives them an asset that can be sold, used for fraud, held to ransom or weaponised for political damage. Geoff White is an award-winning investigative journalist whose reporting has taken him inside global…
Exfiltration-Focused ExfilSquad Starts Leaking Stolen Data

Aug 10, 2026 8:26 PM

Tags: breach, cybercrime, data, group, leak, ransom

Cities of Atlanta and Houston, and Frontier Airlines, Among New Group’s Victims. A fresh cybercrime group called ExfilSquad, which recently debuted with a data-leak site listing over a dozen victims, has begun leaking large quantities of stolen data. The group’s emergence comes as incident responders continue to see fewer victims paying exfiltration ransoms than ever…
Ransom Cartel creator sentenced to 16 years in prison

Aug 6, 2026 9:27 PM

Tags: cybercrime, ransom

Maksim Silnikau participated in cybercrime since at least 2005. He ran Ransom Cartel from 2021 until his arrest in 2023. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ransom-cartel-creator-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison/
Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers

Aug 6, 2026 7:27 PM

Tags: data, hacker, hacking, ransom

Connor Moucka pled guilty to hacking and stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers, which net him and his accomplices more than $2.5 million in ransom payments. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/hacker-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-data-from-more-than-165-snowflake-customers/
Ransom Cartel Leader Sentenced to 16 Years in U.S.

Aug 6, 2026 7:27 PM

Tags: business, crime, ransom, ransomware, service

A U.S. court sentenced Ransom Cartel founder Maksim Silnikau to 16 years for running a ransomware-as-a-service operation. Maksim Silnikau (aka >>J.P. Morgan,<>lansky,<>xxx,<<) built a ransomware business the way a franchise owner builds a chain: he never had to touch most of the crime scenes himself. This week, a federal judge in Virginia […] First seen…
Belarusian cybercriminal behind Ransom Cartel gets 16-year prison sentence

Aug 6, 2026 4:27 PM

Tags: cybercrime, ransom, ransomware

A Belarusian national active in the cybercriminal world for decades was sentenced to 16 years in U.S. prison for running the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/belarus-hacker-ransomware-sentenced
Canadian Pleads Guilty to Snowflake Customer Data Extortion

Aug 6, 2026 4:27 PM

Tags: breach, cloud, crypto, data, extortion, incident response, ransom

Extortionist Connor Moucka, 26, Helped Breach Over 150 Customers’ Accounts. Canadian national Connor Riley Moucka, 26, pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court holding to ransom data he helped steal from over 150 customers of cloud-based data warehousing platform Snowflake, leading to victims paying millions in cryptocurrency ransoms and incident response costs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
Ransom Cartel Creator Gets 16 Years in Prison for Operating Ransomware-as-a-Service

Aug 6, 2026 11:27 AM

Tags: ransom, ransomware, service

A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the ransomware-as-a-service operation he stood up in 2021.Between 2021 and 2023, Ransom Cartel conspirators attacked at least 18 companies, including firms in California, New York and Nebraska, and others abroad, according to…
Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison

Aug 6, 2026 1:27 AM

Tags: attack, ransom, ransomware

Maksim Silnikau, the creator and administrator of the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in ransomware attacks against at least 18 companies worldwide. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransom-cartel-ransomware-creator-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison/
Flailing Ransomware Hackers Resorting to Extreme Tactics

Jul 30, 2026 8:26 PM

Tags: group, hacker, law, ransom, ransomware, tactics

Silent Ransom Bucks Trend of Fewer Victims Paying, and Paying Less When They Do. Fewer ransomware victims are choosing to pay a ransom than ever before, bar some big payoffs that largely trace to high-profile law firms that got hit by a group called Silent Ransom, which the FBI says has a penchant for infiltrating…
Fake ShinyHunters Emails Give Victims 48 Hours to Pay $2,000 Bitcoin Ransom

Jul 28, 2026 12:10 PM

Tags: cyber, data, email, leak, malware, ransom

Fake ShinyHunters-themed sextortion emails are abusing data from recent ShinyHunters leaks to threaten victims with the release of fabricated “webcam recordings” unless a 2,000 dollar Bitcoin ransom is paid within 48 hours. Despite the technical-sounding claims, there is no evidence of actual device compromise, malware deployment, or recorded content behind these messages. The emails impersonate…
Swiss train maker Stadler refuses Everest $12 million ransomware demand

Jul 23, 2026 12:10 PM

Tags: cybercrime, data, ransom, ransomware

Stadler Rail said it will not make a $12.3 million ransom payment after cybercriminals stole technical data from a supplier’s file-sharing platform. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/stadler-refuses-everest-ransom-demand
Swiss rail manufacturer Stadler refuses to pay $12.3 million ransom after cyberattack

Jul 23, 2026 12:10 PM

Tags: cyberattack, cybercrime, data, group, ransom

Cybercriminal group Everest is demanding 10 million Swiss francs ($12.3 million) from Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler after breaching a data exchange platform shared … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/23/stadler-everest-ransom-demand/
New ransomware group uses printers to deliver ransom notes

Jul 23, 2026 6:10 AM

Tags: group, ransom, ransomware

First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/new-ransomware-group-uses-printers-to-deliver-ransom-notes
Stadler Rail refuses to pay $12.3 million ransom after ransomware attack

Jul 23, 2026 6:10 AM

Tags: attack, ransom, ransomware

First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/stadler-rail-refuses-to-pay-12-3-million-ransom-after-ransomware-attack
Anubis Ransomware Halts Fairlife Milk Production in the US

Jul 22, 2026 9:09 PM

Tags: breach, data, ransom, ransomware

Gang Claims 1TB of Stolen Data and Sets Deadline for Ransom Talks. Anubis claims it encrypted Fairlife’s production systems and stole 1 terabyte of data, forcing the Coca-Cola-owned dairy brand to suspend U.S. milk production while investigators assess the ransomware incident and work to restore operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/anubis-ransomware-halts-fairlife-milk-production-in-us-a-32297
Swiss rail giant Stadler rejects $12.3M ransom demand after cyberattack

Jul 22, 2026 8:10 PM

Tags: cyberattack, data, ransom, ransomware

Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail says the Everest ransomware gang demanded about $12.3 million after breaching a data exchange platform shared with one of its suppliers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/swiss-rail-giant-stadler-rejects-123m-ransom-demand-after-cyberattack/
If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more

Jul 22, 2026 6:09 PM

Tags: extortion, hacker, network, ransom

The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it’s impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there’s no incentive for the other side to actually walk away. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/if-you-pay-a-hackers-ransom-chances-are-that-theyll-come-back-for-more/
Kenya probes hack of president’s website after bitcoin ransom demand

Jul 21, 2026 3:09 PM

Tags: crypto, ransom

The website was hacked on Saturday, when its homepage was replaced with a message displaying a cryptocurrency wallet address and threatening to publish unspecified information about President William Ruto unless the ransom was paid. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/kenya-probes-hack-of-presidents-website-after-ransom-demand