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Ransomware Hit a Japanese Frozen-Food Giant and KFC Felt It
A cyberattack on Nichirei, one of Japan's biggest cold-chain logistics companies, froze shipments across the country, left KFC franchises warning of shortages, and put a spotlight on how fragile food supply chains really are.
Chaos ransomware crew hides its remote control tool inside your own browser
A new backdoor called msaRAT launches Chrome or Edge in the background and pipes attacker commands through it, so no direct link to the criminal server ever appears on the network.
What is ransomware-as-a-service? A plain-English guide
Ransomware-as-a-service lets criminals rent attack tools from developers, the same way businesses subscribe to software, making large-scale extortion attacks available to almost anyone.
What is ransomware and how does an attack actually unfold?
Ransomware locks your files or systems until you pay criminals to restore access. Here is exactly how that happens, step by step.
Swiss Train Manufacturer Stadler Rail Rejects $12.3 Million Ransom Demand
Stadler Rail refuses to pay Everest ransomware after data breach; denies impact on operations.
Anubis Ransomware Group Claims Fairlife Attack, Threatens to Leak 1 TB of Data
Coca-Cola's milk brand has a week to pay an undisclosed ransom, or criminals say they will publish what they took.
DragonForce Claims Attack on One Community FCU, Alleges Member Data Stolen
A ransomware group has listed a US credit union on its dark-web site, claiming to hold internal files and member financial records. The credit union has not confirmed any incident.
Ransomware Attacks Rose 25% in a Year. Artificial Intelligence Isn't the Main Driver.
A new report tracked 7,551 victims worldwide between April 2025 and March 2026. The growth came from more criminal groups, weaker targets, and supply-chain shortcuts, not fancy AI tools.
Qilin Ransomware Crews Break In Through Palo Alto Firewall Flaw
Arctic Wolf Labs says attackers used CVE-2026-0257, a now-patched authentication bypass in PAN-OS, to get inside networks before deploying Qilin ransomware in June 2026.
Qilin ransomware crew is breaking into Palo Alto VPNs through an unpatched flaw
Arctic Wolf says multiple Qilin affiliates are exploiting CVE-2026-0257 in Palo Alto Networks firewalls to encrypt whole networks. Over 167,000 VPN instances remain exposed online.
ENCFORGE: The Ransomware That Goes After AI Brains, Not Your Spreadsheets
Sysdig says the same crew that broke into a Langflow server earlier this month is back, and this time it encrypts model weights instead of office files.
AI-hunting ransomware 'EncForge' locks up model files as JadePuffer agent adapts on the fly
The autonomous attacker rewrote its own delivery script six times in five minutes before encrypting a Langflow server's machine-learning assets.
Armenia Grabs Russian Tourist at Yerevan Airport on U.S. REvil Warrant
Aleksandr Ermakov has sat in an Armenian detention center since June 28. His lawyers say the FBI has the wrong man.
Ransomware Attack Halts Fairlife Milk Production Across the US
Coca-Cola told the SEC that hackers broke into its Fairlife dairy subsidiary, forcing the company to stop making protein shakes and ultra-filtered milk at its American plants.
Spirals ransomware crew locked down an IT firm's network in under a day
A new group broke in through an exposed web server, disabled defences and encrypted files inside 24 hours, Symantec says.