Tag: ransomware
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Why Healthcare Became Ransomware’s Favorite Target: A $4.4M Lesson Every CISO Needs
3 million patients couldn’t access healthcare after PIH Health’s ransomware attack. Here’s why hospitals are ransomware’s favorite target”, and what changes. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/why-healthcare-became-ransomwares-favorite-target-a-4-4m-lesson-every-ciso-needs/
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Data-only extortion grows as ransomware gangs seek better profits
Businesses should prioritize securing one type of technology in particular, the security firm Arctic Wolf said in a new report. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ransomware-extortion-bec-arctic-wolf/812321/
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Polish cybercrime Police arrest man linked to Phobos ransomware operation
Officers from Poland’s Central Bureau of Cybercrime Control (CBZC) police arrested a 47-year-old man linked to the Phobos ransomware operation. Polish authorities arrested a 47-year-old man suspected of involvement in cybercrime and linked him to the Phobos ransomware operation. Police said they discovered evidence of illegal activities on his seized devices. >>Officers from the Central…
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Polish cops nab 47-year-old man in Phobos ransomware raid
Police say seized kit contained logins, passwords, and server IP addresses First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/poland_phobos_ransomware_arrest/
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Significant Rise in Ransomware Attacks Targeting Industrial Operations
Dragos annual report warns of a surge in ransomware attacks causing increased operational disruption in industrial environments First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/rise-in-ransomware-targeting/
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Poland arrests suspect linked to Phobos ransomware operation
Polish police have detained a 47-year-old man suspected of ties to the Phobos ransomware group and seized computers and mobile phones containing stolen credentials, credit card numbers, and server access data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/poland-arrests-suspect-linked-to-phobos-ransomware-operation/
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Phobos ransomware affiliate arrested in Poland
Officers from Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) detained a 47-year-old man suspected of creating, acquiring, and sharing computer programs used to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/17/phobos-ransomware-affiliate-arrested-in-poland/
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0APT Ransomware Group Claims 200 Victims, Fails to Provide Proof
A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit calling itself 0APT has quickly drawn attention for all the wrong reasons, after loudly claiming to have compromised around 200 victims while failing to provide any verifiable proof of compromise. Emerging on or around January 28, 2026, the group launched a dark web data leak site (DLS) and rapidly populated it with…
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Washington Hotel in Japan discloses ransomware infection incident
The Washington Hotel brand in Japan has announced that that its servers were compromised in a ransomware attack, exposing various business data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/washington-hotel-in-japan-discloses-ransomware-infection-incident/
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LockBit 5.0 ransomware expands its reach across Windows, Linux, and ESXi
The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified a new and significantly enhanced version of the LockBit ransomware, LockBit 5.0, currently being deployed in active … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/16/lockbit-5-0-ransomware-windows-linux-esxi/
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Finding a common language around risk
Tags: ceo, cio, ciso, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, framework, governance, guide, intelligence, lessons-learned, metric, monitoring, phishing, ransomware, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, updateBuilding one culture from three languages: The Organizational Risk Culture Standard (ORCS) offers something most frameworks miss: it treats culture as the foundation, not the afterthought. You can’t bolt culture onto existing processes and call it done. Culture is how people actually think about risk when no one is watching. It’s the shared beliefs that…
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AI and RaaS Alter Threat Landscape, New Ransomware Groups Grow by 30%
AI automation, RaaS, a significant bump in vulnerability disclosures, and a rise in new ransomware gangs are reshaping the threat landscape and forcing defenders to change strategies. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/ai-and-raas-alter-threat-landscape-new-ransomware-groups-grow-by-30/
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AI and RaaS Alter Threat Landscape, New Ransomware Groups Grow by 30%
AI automation, RaaS, a significant bump in vulnerability disclosures, and a rise in new ransomware gangs are reshaping the threat landscape and forcing defenders to change strategies. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/ai-and-raas-alter-threat-landscape-new-ransomware-groups-grow-by-30/
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AI and RaaS Alter Threat Landscape, New Ransomware Groups Grow by 30%
AI automation, RaaS, a significant bump in vulnerability disclosures, and a rise in new ransomware gangs are reshaping the threat landscape and forcing defenders to change strategies. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/ai-and-raas-alter-threat-landscape-new-ransomware-groups-grow-by-30/
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LockBit 5.0 Emerges: Cross-Platform Ransomware Now Targeting Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems
LockBit’s new 5.0 version is actively attacking Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems, using a unified yet highly optimized ransomware framework that significantly increases the risk to enterprise environments. Analysis by the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) shows that while all variants share the same core encryption and extortion logic, the Windows build carries the most…
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Critical BeyondTrust RS vulnerability exploited in active attacks
remote access.exe and others.”The attackers also managed to create domain accounts using the net user command and then added them to administrative groups such as “enterprise admins” or “domain admins.”The AdsiSearcher tool was used to search the Active Directory environment for other computers and PSexec was used to install SimpleHelp on multiple devices.The researchers also…
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‘Crazy’ Hackers Strike Through Remote Monitoring Software
VoidCrypt Ransomware Variant Taps RMM Tools, Says Huntress. Management isn’t the only advocate for employee monitoring software, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Huntress. RMM tools – simultaneously open to remote connections and with privileged local access – are good for wiggling into corporate networks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/crazy-hackers-strike-through-remote-monitoring-software-a-30759
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News brief: Ransomware trends show new twists to old game
Tags: ransomwareCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366638743/News-brief-Ransomware-trends-show-new-twists-to-old-game
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Why PAM Implementations Struggle
Privileged Access Management (PAM) is widely recognized as a foundational security control for Zero Trust, ransomware prevention, and compliance with frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2. Yet despite heavy investment, many organizations struggle to realize the promised value of PAM. Projects stall, adoption remains low, and security teams are left managing complex systems that deliver limited risk reduction. ……
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Researchers unearth 30-year-old vulnerability in libpng library
Tags: advisory, ai, cvss, exploit, flaw, network, open-source, ransomware, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-daypng_set_quantize, which is used for reducing the number of colors in PNG images, and present in all versions of libpng prior to version 1.6.55.”When the function is called with no histogram and the number of colours in the palette is more than twice the maximum supported by the user’s display, certain palettes will cause the…
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Ransomware Groups Claimed 2,000 Attacks in Just Three Months
Ransomware attacks surged 52% in 2025, with supply chain breaches nearly doubling as groups like Qilin drive record monthly incidents worldwide. The post Ransomware Groups Claimed 2,000 Attacks in Just Three Months appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ransomware-attacks-surge-2025/
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New XWorm RAT Campaign Leverages Phishing and CVE-2018-0802 Excel Exploit to Bypass Detection
Tags: attack, control, cve, cyber, cybercrime, data, ddos, detection, exploit, marketplace, phishing, ransomware, rat, theft, windowsXWorm, a multi-functional .NET”‘based RAT first observed in 2022, remains actively traded across cybercrime marketplaces and continues to attract both low-skilled and advanced operators thanks to its rich feature set and plugin-based architecture. Once deployed, it enables full remote control of compromised Windows systems, including data theft, remote desktop control, DDoS attacks, and ransomware execution.…
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OysterLoader Evasion Tactics Exposed: Advanced Obfuscation and Rhysida Ransomware Ties Uncovered
OysterLoader, also tracked as Broomstick and CleanUp, is a multi”‘stage loader malware written in C++ and actively leveraged in campaigns linked to the Rhysida ransomware group. First highlighted in mid”‘2024 during malvertising and SEO”‘poisoning campaigns abusing trojanized installers for popular IT tools such as PuTTY, WinSCP, and Google Authenticator, OysterLoader masquerades as legitimate software download…
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Cyber risk is becoming a hold-period problem for private equity firms
Private equity firms have spent years treating cybersecurity as an IT hygiene issue inside portfolio companies. That approach is getting harder to sustain as ransomware, data … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/13/private-equity-cyber-risk-problem/
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Why identity recovery is now central to cyber resilience
Tags: access, ai, authentication, backup, business, cloud, compliance, cyber, data, email, identity, infrastructure, least-privilege, radius, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, strategyIdentity resilience: Implement immutable backups and automated recovery for identity systems such as Active Directory.Zero-trust architecture: Apply least-privilege access and continuous authentication to reduce the blast radius of an attack.Automated orchestration: Limit manual steps in recovery workflows so teams can respond faster under pressure.Regulatory readiness: Make audit-ready reporting and compliance validation part of resilience planning, not an afterthought.AI-ready protection: Account…
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Who’s the bossware? Ransomware slingers like employee monitoring tools, too
As if snooping on your workers wasn’t bad enough First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/12/ransomware_slingers_bossware/
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Romania’s oil pipeline operator Conpet confirms data stolen in attack
Romania’s national oil pipeline operator, Conpet S.A., confirmed that the Qilin ransomware gang stole company data in an attack last week. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/romanias-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-confirms-data-stolen-in-attack/