Cybersecurity expert Angelo Martino was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, prosecutors say. Martino, a 41-year-old employee of Chicago cybersecurity company DigitalMint, negotiated on behalf of companies hit with multimillion-dollar ransom demands after their computers were hacked. But he actually helped orchestrate the hacks at the center of those same ransom schemes, prosecutors say. Martino and...Read More

Hackers breached the Canadian process-outsourcing giant Telus Digital and may have accessed data belonging to the firm’s customers, which include major telecommunications, financial services, healthcare and media businesses. “All business operations … remain fully operational and there is no evidence of disruption to customer connectivity or services,” Telus Digital said in a statement late last...Read More

Michigan-based medical equipment company Stryker said on Wednesday that a cyberattack is causing a “global network disruption.” The company, headquartered in the Kalamazoo area, says it has “no indication of ransomware or malware.” Officials said the incident is contained to its internal Microsoft environment. “Our teams are working rapidly to understand the impact of the...Read More

AI is apparently good for the bottom line if your business is crime. Financial fraud schemes carried out with the help of artificial intelligence are 4.5 times more profitable than those that aren’t enhanced, according to Interpol’s latest estimates. The crime agency said that AI “greatly boosts both efficiency and effectiveness,” making each interaction with...Read More

Payload Ransomware claims the hack of Royal Bahrain Hospital Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2026 The Payload Ransomware group claims to have breached the Royal Bahrain Hospital (RBH), a leading healthcare facility in Bahrain. The Payload Ransomware group claims to have hacked the Royal Bahrain Hospital (RBH) and stolen 110 GB of data. The ransomware gang...Read More

In early 2026, IBM X-Force researchers identified a novel, likely AI-generated malware framework dubbed “Slopoly”. This discovery was made during an active ransomware engagement orchestrated by Hive0163, a financially motivated cybercrime group known for large-scale data exfiltration and the deployment of Interlock ransomware. The emergence of Slopoly highlights a significant shift in the cybersecurity threat...Read More

In early March, Microsoft, Europol and several other partners carried out a coordinated operation against Tycoon 2FA, one of the world’s largest phishing platforms. In Belgium, the phishing platform affected around 500 victims, both individuals and businesses. According to Europol and Microsoft, Tycoon 2FA is linked to more than 96,000 victims worldwide, including over 55,000...Read More

Ransomware attacks account for a relatively small proportion of cyber attacks, the vast majority of which are phishing attacks, however, ransomware disproportionately targets larger businesses and public institutions and is seen as a rising threat, particularly in relation to critical infrastructure.  Both the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have identified...Read More

March 16, 2026 TOKYO – Last year saw 143 ransomware attacks on small and midsize companies in Japan, accounting for 60% of all attacks in the country for the second year in a row, according to the National Police Agency. Officials at one company that was targeted said the attack could have caused the firm’s...Read More

Cybercrime has skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war, according to Akamai, which reports a 245 percent increase in everything from credential harvesting attempts to automated reconnaissance traffic aimed at banks and other critical businesses. Banking and fintech have been the hardest hit, accounting for 40 percent of the malicious traffic since February 28,...Read More