The percentage of companies impacted by ransomware attacks has slightly declined from 75% to 69%, but the threat remains substantial, according to a report from Veeam. This decrease is attributed to improved preparation and resilience practices, as well as increased collaboration between IT and security teams. However, as ransomware attacks from both established groups and...Read More
Three major British retailers recently attacked, resulting in huge damage. Now the self-same scum’s spotlighting stores in the States. Google’s Mandiant threat intelligence team issued this dire warning yesterday. The scrotes appear to be UNC3944, a/k/a “Scattered Spider,” a casual confederacy of criminals wielding DragonForce ransomware.“Shields up, U.S. retailers,” quipped Mandiant’s chief analyst. In today’s SB Blogwatch, we...Read More
The ransomware group that hit UK retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op, and Harrods over the past few weeks now aims to target retailers in the United States, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).”The U.S. retail sector is currently being targeted in ransomware and extortion operations that ‘we suspect’ are linked to UNC3944, also...Read More
VanHelsing is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that emerged in March 2025, quickly gaining traction within the cybercriminal community for its sophisticated techniques and aggressive targeting. It encrypts victims’ files and demands ransom payments in Bitcoin, using a double extortion model by exfiltrating data before encryption and threatening to leak it if the ransom isn’t paid....Read More
Patients who received treatments or services from the Anne Arundel County Department of Health may have had their data compromised during a cyber incident that impacted the county. The cyber incident occurred between Jan. 28 and Feb. 22. On February 22, the county was made aware of suspicious activity on certain computer systems. “The ongoing...Read More
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: It took the education sector 4.8 months on average to report data breaches following ransomware attacks between 2018 and 2025, according to a report released Thursday by Comparitech. Schools and colleges had the highest average...Read More
Guest blog courtesy of Bitdefender.Ransomware threat actors depend on numerous cybercriminal skillsets to breach, disrupt, and extort organizations. One of these skillsets belongs to Initial Access Brokers (IABs), who are prominent players in the prolific RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) ecosystem. They help drive the proliferation of ransomware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. In my...Read More
The ransomware group that hit UK retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op, and Harrods over the past few weeks now aims to target retailers in the United States, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).”The U.S. retail sector is currently being targeted in ransomware and extortion operations that ‘we suspect’ are linked to UNC3944, also...Read More
Insiders within Coinbase leaked user data causing a major cybersecurity incident and exposing critical user data earlier this month. On May 11, 2025 the company received ransom demands from an unknown threat actor who claimed to have information about Coinbase customer accounts and internal Coinbase documents including customer service and account management systems materials. As...Read More
