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AI Security

An AI Agent Ran a Ransomware Attack by Itself. Here's What That Means.

Criminals used an AI tool called Langflow to let a machine plan and carry out a multi-step ransomware intrusion without a human guiding every move — a shift that could make attacks faster and cheaper to run at scale.

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Ransomware

The Gentlemen RaaS Ships an In-House EDR Killer to Affiliates

GentleKiller bundles signed-driver abuse, third-party utilities, and a kill list of roughly 400 security processes — handed out as part of the affiliate package.

2 min
Ransomware

INC Ransomware Fills the LockBit Vacuum, Racks Up 830+ Victims

Two years after a quiet debut, INC has graduated from boutique RaaS to one of 2026's busiest extortion brands — riding the affiliate exodus from LockBit and BlackCat.

2 min
Ransomware

The Gentlemen: A RaaS Affiliate That Grew Up and Wrote Its Own Worm

A double-extortion crew that started out renting LockBit, Qilin, and Medusa lockers has graduated to its own toolkit — including a payload with self-propagation.

3 min
Threat Intelligence

Tracing 'The Gentlemen' RaaS: OPSEC Trail Points to an Izhevsk Operator

A 90/10 affiliate split rocketed the crew to second place by victim count. The administrator's forum breadcrumbs are less impressive.

3 min
Ransomware

Gentlemen Ransomware Spreads Before It Encrypts — That's the Whole Point

Microsoft's analysis of the Go-based Gentlemen encryptor shows why lateral movement, not file-locking, is now the primary design goal of serious ransomware operations.

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