“It was the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane coming through,” lamented John Miller, Chief Judge of the First Circuit Court of Florida, in an interview with the Harvard Political Review. “They got our computer systems, our hard drive, all of our stored information, [and] our telephone system.” An entire judicial circuit was knocked off...Read More
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Security researchers claim Anubis ransomware is adding a file wiper The wiper reduces all files to 0 KB, irreversibly destroying them This could be an additional pressure point during negotiations Anubis, a relatively new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation, added a new feature to its encryptor that irreversibly destroys all encrypted files on the compromised system. Cybersecurity...Read More
Kivu’s Saunders on Threat Actor Tactics, Negotiations and Intelligence Gathering Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 16, 2025 Daniel Saunders, director, incident response, EMEA, Kivu – part of Quorum Cyber Ransomware negotiations aren’t just about paying criminals, they’re about gathering strategic intelligence. “There’s a misconception around threat actor negotiation that if you’re going...Read More
CYFIRMA has released its latest Industry Report, spotlighting cybersecurity threats facing the global healthcare sector. In the past 90 days, the firm identified 130 confirmed ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare sector, accounting for 8.1 percent of the 1,605 total victims across industries, placing healthcare as the sixth most-targeted among 14 tracked sectors. Pharma and biotech,...Read More
Cyber Resilience and Recovery Solutions on display at booth #2055 TINTON FALLS, N.J., June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, is once again kicking-off summer at HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025, running June 23-26. Exhibiting in booth #2055, Commvault will be showcasing how...Read More
Jun 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware An emerging ransomware strain has been discovered incorporating capabilities to encrypt files as well as permanently erase them, a development that has been described as a “rare dual-threat.” “The ransomware features a ‘wipe mode,’ which permanently erases files, rendering recovery impossible even if the ransom is paid,” Trend Micro...Read More
The BERT ransomware group, first detected in April 2025 but active since mid-March, has expanded its reach from targeting Windows environments to launching sophisticated attacks on Linux machines as of May 2025. Initially spotted through phishing campaigns, BERT has evolved into a formidable adversary by deploying weaponized ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) files tailored for...Read More
A sophisticated ransomware operation known as BERT has significantly expanded its capabilities by developing weaponized ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) files specifically designed to target Linux environments, marking a concerning evolution in the threat landscape. First detected in April 2025, the ransomware group has been active since mid-March 2025, initially focusing exclusively on Windows systems...Read More
