To fight against cybercrime, Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has released a free decryption tool for victims of the Phobos and 8Base ransomware variants. The decryptor, made publicly available in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, aims to assist thousands of organizations worldwide that have suffered from ransomware attacks since 2019. The Japanese police revealed...Read More

Ransomware Prevention Research A CISO or cyber risk leader needs the right data to give them insights into where they might be most exposed or at-risk to experience an attack. Over the course of two and a half years, Bitsight’s research team analyzed hundreds of ransomware events to estimate the relative probability that an organization will...Read More

In response to the growing threat of ransomware attacks exploiting unknown vulnerabilities, cybersecurity leader Sophos has introduced a major enhancement to its threat detection arsenal by adding Internal Attack Surface Management (IASM) to its Sophos Managed Risk service. The move comes as 40 per cent of ransomware victims fell prey to unknown vulnerabilities in...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BlackFog, the leader in ransomware prevention and anti data exfiltration (ADX), today revealed findings from analysis of ransomware activity from April to June 2025 across publicly disclosed and non-disclosed attacks. The data shows that over this period there was a 63% increase in publicly disclosed attack volumes, with a total...Read More

Mower County officials give an update on their efforts to restore their systems (ABC 6 News) – Mower County officials are still cleaning up the mess left after last month’s ransomware attack. The extent of the attack is unclear as well as what systems were impacted, but county officials say they are working diligently to...Read More

NovaBev Group, a prominent beverage company, disclosed on July 16, 2025, that it suffered a major cyberattack on July 14, which temporarily disrupted its IT infrastructure and affected services for both the group and its WineLab subsidiary. The company has maintained its principled stance of refusing to negotiate with cybercriminals despite ransom demands, while external...Read More

Authorities released free decryptor for Phobos and 8base ransomware Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2025 Japanese police released a free decryptor for Phobos and 8Base ransomware, letting victims recover files without paying ransom. Japanese authorities released a free decryptor for Phobos and 8Base ransomware, allowing victims to recover files without paying. Japanese police released the free...Read More

Generic spray-and-pray phishing attacks, such as the Nigerian prince scams that were fairly easy to identify, have rapidly evolved into targeted, convincing business email compromise attacks. Ransomware has advanced from locker strains that prevented users from accessing their systems — something remedied by backups — to triple extortion ransomware attacks that lock devices, encrypt...Read More

Victims of Phobos and 8Base ransomware incidents will now have access to a decryptor thanks to Japan’s National Police Agency.  On Thursday, Japanese officials published the free decryption tool and a guide in English for organizations impacted by the group’s attacks. U.S. prosecutors previously said operators of the strains collected upwards of $16 million from...Read More

Novabev Group, the parent company of premium vodka brand Beluga, has confirmed it was hit by a sophisticated ransomware attack on July 14, 2025, temporarily disrupting operations and affecting IT infrastructure across the company and its WineLab subsidiary. The Russian spirits manufacturer has refused to pay any ransom demands, maintaining a firm stance against negotiating...Read More