Insider Aided Ransomware Gang
An employee who was supposed to help organizations recover from ransomware attacks instead collaborated with the very criminals he was negotiating against. A U.S. court has now handed down his sentence.
Data Leak Allegations
Deutsche Bank has surfaced as the latest alleged victim of the ransomware group Unsafe on a well-known dark web leak site. To support its claims, the cybercriminals published screenshots showing command-line interfaces and database queries.
Complete Data Destruction
Security researchers at Sysdig have documented what they describe as the first fully autonomous ransomware attack executed by an AI agent.
$25 Million Ransom Demand
The cyber extortion group FulcrumSec, active since October 2025, claims it maintained long-term access to systems at Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk and exfiltrated more than one terabyte of sensitive data. The company did not pay the demanded ransom of $25 million.
Study highlights Multi-billion-dollar underground economy
Healthcare data has emerged as one of the most valuable commodities in the digital underground, according to new research by cybersecurity experts at Trend Micro.
Ransomware Attack on Marks & Spencer
A cyberattack carried out by the Scattered Spider group has cost Marks & Spencer (M&S) CEO Stuart Machin his annual bonus for the 2025/26 financial year.
Innovation in the digital underground
The Kyber ransomware is the first of its kind to use post-quantum encryption. However, experts have exposed the technology as a psychological marketing ploy.
Data gone anyway
Companies that pay after an attack usually do not get their data back anyway. A new study reveals how unprepared small businesses are for ransomware and why the ransom trap is so dangerous.
Hackers unknown
Market data specialist Autovista is battling a major ransomware attack that has knocked out critical IT systems across Europe and Australia, causing widespread disruption to vehicle valuations and identification services.