PaperCut Zero-Day: Why 'Boring' Internal Apps Get Hit First
Attackers hit tools like PaperCut first because those tools are trusted, internet-facing more often than IT realizes, and almost never on anyone's p…
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If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more
The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion ra…
Pay up or not? Ransomware surge has victims facing tough choices
Governments look at banning ransom payments in face of increasingly sophisticated threats.
US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims
The 2024 indictment, now unsealed, accuses three Russians and two web hosts of aiding hackers and profiting from cybercrime.
Microsoft Dismantles Fox Tempest: The $9K Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware's Trust Exploit
What Happened On May 19, 2026, Microsoft announced the takedown of Fox Tempest , a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that weaponized th…
Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers
Six years in prison for man who "sold out the very victims he was hired to represent."
Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies
A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.
Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists and a ransomware gang last year
The hacking operations disclosed in a Canadian spy agency's annual report underscores some pressing national security threats facing the country and…
One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"
"Operation Endgame" simultaneously disrupts two widely used crime tools.
Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person
Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law firms' offices, where the…
Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals "believed themselves to be safe"
Law enforcement intercepted VPN traffic, seized domains, and arrested its operator.
Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs
First VPN promised hackers complete anonymity for their cyberattacks. But Europol said it was able to notify the service’s users that they have now…
Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia
A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for hacking the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, and is attempting to extort the company.
Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals
Across the country, schools and colleges postpone year-end tests.
DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases
U.S. prosecutors said a ransomware gang fueled Russian government corruption, and allowed the gang's leaders to avoid paying taxes and dodge the cou…