The ransomware crisis continues to deepen. In the first half of 2025, 3,627 attacks were logged worldwide, a 47% jump from the same period last year. But confirmation remains scarce. According to Comparitech, of those incidents, just 445 were publicly acknowledged by victims. The rest were claimed by threat actors on their leak sites, often...Read More
It sounds like a banking app, but instead, it’s one of the latest ransomware groups: SafePay. Who are the perpetrators of the ransomware attack on Ingram Micro, which has left the latter offline for more than four days? Even after what must have been a stressful weekend, IT distributor Ingram Micro is still unavailable. At...Read More
Ransomware attacks have not only increased in numbers, but they have also evolved beyond data encryption and ransoms. Today’s attackers are increasingly turning to double or even triple extortion, extracting sensitive information to increase their leverage. According to the 2025 Verizon DBIR, 90% of ransomware attacks involved data exfiltration in 2024, up from 85% in 2023...Read More
Global IT distributor Ingram Micro suffered a significant ransomware attack on 3 July, disrupting internal operations and customer platforms across Europe, the United States and Asia. The breach, reportedly caused by weaknesses in the company’s remote access systems, has raised urgent concerns about supply chain stability and data security. How the Ingram Micro Cyberattack Unfolded...Read More
Ingram Micro, a large technology distributor, said the company has been hit with a ransomware attack that took down its systems. The press release confirms reports from BleepingComputer as well as comments on Reddit about the outage. Ingram Micro systems have been down since Thursday. In a statement, Ingram Micro said: “Ingram Micro recently identified...Read More
Ingram Micro has confirmed it recently identified ransomware on certain internal systems that resulted in a global IT shutdown during the past couple of days. In a statement Ingram Micro said promptly after learning of the issue, the company took steps to secure the relevant environment, including proactively taking certain systems offline and implementing other...Read More
Infosec In Brief A security researcher looking at samples of stalkerware discovered an SQL vulnerability that allowed him to steal a database of 62,000 user accounts. Eric Daigle published a blog post this week detailing how he found a piece of stalkerware he wasn’t familiar with, Catwatchful, and then quickly proceeded to pwn it into...Read More
HALF of businesses that came under ransomware attacks paid an average of $1 million in ransom, a survey by cybersecurity firm Sophos has revealed. Ransomware is a malware that prevents companies from accessing computer files, systems or networks, and demands a payment for their return. “When hackers gain access to a network, it takes less...Read More
‘I had a few open orders I was dealing with, and then the site just went down,’ says Stanley Louissaint, founder of Fluid Designs. ‘No word on fulfillment, no system access… nothing. The backlog is obvious.’ Ingram Micro late Saturday confirmed that it had been hit with a ransomware attack and that it is “working...Read More
