Government Agencies Falling Victim to Ransomware Daily, Warns Study
Government organizations are targeted by attackers who know agencies cannot afford disruption to public services
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Government organizations are targeted by attackers who know agencies cannot afford disruption to public services
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented modular malware framework codenamed Avalon that's distributed by means of a multi-stage phishing chain capable of bypassing traditional security controls
Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of INC from an nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation to one of the most prolific cybercrime groups in 2026, claiming no less than 830 victims since August 2023
And one of those basics is focusing on sectors where a ransomware disruption creates immediate pressure to pay up, like with healthcare.
Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by criminal actors to obscure the origins of ransomware attacks, data theft, scanning, and denial-of-service attacks
A virtual private network service called 'First VPN,' used in ransomware and data theft attacks, has been taken offline in a joint international law enforcement operation. [...]
Ransomware Group ShinyHunters' Victims: Schools, Universities, Ambulance ServiceThe Canvas learning management system with over 30 million active K-12 and higher-education student and teacher users worldwide has been breached by attackers, leading to operator Instructure temporarily taking the service offline. Cue homework and exam scheduling chaos.
Backups protect data, but don't keep your business running during downtime. Datto shows why BCDR is essential to keep operations running during ransomware and outages. [...]
While enterprises breaches make more headlines, smaller incidents tend to be under-reported, if at all, allowing campaigns to last longer with less disruption.
Some customer orgs tell staff to block inbound email from the provider Autovista confirms that it called in outside support to help clean up a ransomware infection currently affecting systems in Europe and Australia.…
Dutch healthcare software vendor ChipSoft has been impacted by a ransomware attack that forced the company to take offline its website and digital services for patients and healthcare providers. [...]
ChipSoft's website remains down but emails are functioning A Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.…
The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack against Die Linke ('The Left'), forcing an IT systems outage at the political party, and threatening sensitive data leak. [...]
A chief medical information officer describes what hospitals face when they inevitably suffer a ransomware attack—whether it leads to short- or long-term outages.
Dragos' Dawn Cappelli on Evolving OT Threats and Safety Risks in ManufacturingAdversaries have moved from incidentally hitting operational technology environments to deliberately mapping industrial control loops to enable future disruption. Dawn Cappelli, director of OT-CERT at Dragos, warns that manufacturers must reckon with safety risks that go well beyond ransomware.
Ex-FBI Leader Cynthia Kaiser on Sanctions, Ecosystem Disruption, Stronger PoliciesU.S. cyber policy now treats ransomware gangs and fraud networks as transnational criminal organizations. Former FBI cyber leader Cynthia Kaiser explains how sanctions, infrastructure takedowns, and international cooperation could weaken cybercrime ecosystems and reduce attacks.
University of Mississippi Medical Center is still scrambling to respond to a ransomware attack last Thursday
Dragos annual report warns of a surge in ransomware attacks causing increased operational disruption in industrial environments
Also: Spanish Hacker Granted Russian Asylum, Microsoft Patches Zero-DaysThis week, a CISA warning, Nest footage in Nancy Guthrie case, Signal phishing. Spanish hacker, Russian asylum. Spanish ministry services offline. BYOVD ransomware. The Conduent breach hit Volvo. Microsoft patched zero-days. ZeroDayRAT targeted devices. The SmarterMail breach. Another Fortinet flaw.
The services of Florida-based payments platform BridgePay are offline due to a ransomware attack