Key Threats That Shaped the Cybersecurity Landscape in 2025
The threat landscape that shaped cybersecurity in 2025 reveals how identity abuse, ransomware evolution, and supply chain risks forced organizations to rethink defense strategies.
Category: Ransomware
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Romanian Waters Agency Battles Outage After Ransomware Strike
The Romanian Waters Authority suffered a ransomware attack that disabled key hydrological systems, forced emergency containment actions, and exposed ongoing cybersecurity weaknesses in critical infrastructure.
Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty After Capture
A Ukrainian hacker has pled guilty in the Nefilim ransomware affiliate arrest, confirming his role in targeted extortion campaigns. This article examines the investigation, attack methods, and the broader implications for enterprise cybersecurity teams.
Japan’s Long-Term Struggle Against Persistent Ransomware
Japanese organizations continue facing ransomware incidents that cause months of operational disruption. This investigative analysis explores how long-tail damage unfolds, why attackers target Japan’s supply chain ecosystem, and how companies can strengthen long-term resilience.
Storm-0249’s Ransomware : What Security Teams Must Know
A chilling evolution: Storm-0249 has shifted from selling access to enabling full-blown ransomware campaigns. Their new combination of ClickFix social-engineering, fileless PowerShell and DLL sideloading dramatically increases stealth and persistence across enterprise environments.
LockBit 5.0 Infrastructure Leak Uncovers Hidden Ransomware
LockBit 5.0’s infrastructure was exposed through leaked servers and misconfigured systems, giving investigators rare insight into its ransomware operations. This analysis breaks down what was uncovered and how defenders can respond.
Inside the Money Mart ransomware and Everest’s latest data-leak
Everest claims it breached Money Mart and stole more than 80,000 internal files from a “National Money Mart Company DataBase,” turning the attack into a major consumer financial data breach. This analysis explains how the Money Mart ransomware attack unfolded, why a payday-loan provider makes an attractive target, and what the incident means for customers and other financial-services firms.
How Akira Ransomware Turned VPN Weaknesses Into a $244M
Akira ransomware has evolved into one of the most disruptive ransomware-as-a-service operations, hitting more than 250 organizations and extorting over $244 million. This article walks through how Akira gains initial access, exploits VPN and firewall weaknesses, moves laterally, and applies double extortion — then outlines practical defenses security teams can deploy now.
Kraken Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi
Kraken ransomware has quickly evolved into a cross-platform threat that can disrupt Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environments in a single campaign. By abusing SMB exposure, tunneling through Cloudflared, and using benchmark-driven encryption, the group focuses on high-value data, double extortion, and maximum downtime for large enterprises.
Cephalus Ransomware Breaks In via RDP, Then Exfiltrates
Cephalus ransomware breaks in through exposed or weak RDP, steals data, and launches a Go-based encryptor that disables backups and evades analysis with DLL sideloading and key obfuscation. Consequently, victims encounter fast double-extortion pressure and noisy business disruption unless identity and remote-access controls stop the chain early.
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