As the geopolitical landscape continues to evolve, Morphisec Threat Labs is bringing technical focus to threats that have gone under-analyzed. Pay2Key, an Iranian-attributed ransomware group, has not been prominently active in recent campaigns, but their Linux variant offers a valuable lens into techniques that are shared across multiple active ransomware families today. Introduction Linux ransomware remains one of the...Read More
The overall maturity, level of organization, and specialization within the ransomware economy means we are dealing with an adversary whose tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) are approaching the sophistication of some nation-state-sponsored attackers. In many cases, there has been documented overlap between nation-state attack elements and those of cybercriminal ransomware gangs. Today’s ransomware attacks are more...Read More
FBI and CISA warn of Russian espionage campaign targeting messaging apps Phishing and social engineering used to hijack Signal and other CMA accounts Thousands of victims’ accounts compromised, including officials, military, and journalists The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are warning about an ongoing espionage campaign...Read More
RESTON, Va., March 24, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a five-year expertise task order valued at up to $85 million to continue providing critical engineering and technical support to ships, submarines, and other naval vehicles for the U.S. Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division’s Naval...Read More
A court in the Southern District of Indiana has sentenced a Russian citizen, Aleksei Volkov, to 81 months in prison for assisting major cybercrime groups, including the Yanluowang ransomware group, in carrying out numerous attacks against U.S. companies and other organizations. Volkov facilitated dozens of ransomware attacks throughout the United States, causing over $9 million...Read More
Robust cyber resilience requires both perimeter defenses and built-in security at the storage layer SAN JOSE, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, and Elastio are helping enterprises enhance their cyber resilience with a layered defense that extends from production storage into recovery data. Security teams must...Read More
A Russian hacker who helped the notorious Yanluowang ransomware gang break into U.S. companies and demand millions of dollars in ransom payments has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison. Aleksei Volkov, 26, of St. Petersburg, received an 81-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to a series of ransomware attacks against...Read More
The FBI accuses the Iranian government of using four domains to obtain and sell stolen information from the Albanian government, Iranian dissidents, Israeli government officials and U.S. companies. In a 40-page document, the FBI outlines several digital campaigns launched by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), through multiple online users, most of whom appear...Read More
14 Nov Cybersecurity in Crisis: How to Combat the $10.5 Trillion Cybercrime Surge This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine –Read the Full Story in The CTO Club Sausalito, Calif. – Nov. 14, 2024 With global cybercrime costs projected to reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, organizations across industries...Read More
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate identified proceeds of crime worth Rs 35,925.58 crore in 257 cybercrime cases it undertook till February 28, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, said that under an established mechanism, the Enforcement Directorate (ED)...Read More
