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Ransomware Negotiator Turned Attacker Gets Nearly Six Years for BlackCat Extortion Scheme
Angelo Martino, a former DigitalMint employee, was paid to help victims recover from ransomware. Instead he ran the attacks himself, leaking insurance details to squeeze bigger payouts.
When the IT Team Is at the Beach, Who's Watching the Alerts?
Summer holiday rotas leave security desks thin. Kaseya argues AI-driven automation can hold the line, but only if it's set up before the out-of-office replies start.
New 'GodDamn' Ransomware Uses a Rogue Driver to Kill Antivirus Software
Symantec links the May 2026 strain to the older Beast ransomware family, with medium confidence it's a rebrand.
A Microsoft-Approved Driver Is Helping 'GodDamn' Ransomware Gut US Security Tools
A rebranded criminal gang called Hyadina is using a signed Windows driver to kill antivirus software before locking victims' files. The driver carries a legitimate Microsoft stamp, and nobody knows quite how that happened.
Eight in Ten Corporate Servers Can Be Reached From Anywhere Inside the Same Network
A study of 54 trillion real-world network events found that most enterprise servers are wide open once an attacker gets past the front door, and many organisations have no clear idea how bad the exposure is.
Mexico's World Cup Moment: A New Cyber Plan Meets Its First Big Test
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is stress-testing Mexico's seven-month-old National Cybersecurity Plan before the country even has a proper cybersecurity law.
Calgary university loses student and staff files to hackers who wiped the originals
Mount Royal University says a June 17 break-in ended with stolen data on shared drives and a ransom demand of 30 bitcoin from a group calling itself CMD Organization.
Your Threat Feed Said One Thing. The Malware Said Another.
A former incident responder spent two years learning that intelligence reports, federal advisories, and foreign government bulletins all share the same quiet flaw: the copy most people read is rarely the full story.
The Gentlemen Ransomware Gang Turns Your Own IT Tools Against You
A fast-spreading criminal group is using the software your IT team trusts every day to take over company networks. The real test is not whether they got in. It is what happens next.
An AI Agent Broke Into a Server, Taught Itself to Adapt, and Left a Ransom Note
Security firm Sysdig says it has documented the first fully autonomous AI-driven ransomware attack, where a program called JadePuffer broke into a database, encrypted thousands of records, and demanded Bitcoin payment without a human criminal directing any step.
When the Learning Platform Goes Dark, There Is No Backup Plan
A finals-week breach of a major university software platform in 2026 left students locked out of coursework and grade books. Higher education has proved twice it will pay ransoms. That changes everything.
A U.S. Government Agency Quietly Paid $1 Million to a Group That May Not Even Be Ransomware
A leaked negotiation chat and blockchain trail suggest Kairos runs pure data-theft extortion — no file-locking, just threats to leak.
Meet Avalon: The Swiss-Army Malware That Ends in Ransomware
A newly documented toolkit called Avalon steals passwords, spreads across networks, and locks up files — all from one phishing email.
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.
Education Sector Faces Rising Threats from Third-Party Software Breaches
Schools and universities struggle with cybersecurity as breaches through third-party applications rise, highlighting the need for better vendor risk management.