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.
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.
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.
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’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.
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.
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 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.
Ludwigshafen detected suspicious activity and took city IT offline to contain risk. Teams isolate systems, assess scope, and plan a safe, phased restoration while core services continue with workarounds.
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.