Louhi, Mistress of the North, attacking Väinämöinen in the form of a giant eagle with her troops on her back when she was trying to steal Sampo; in the Finnish epic poetry Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. (The Defense of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1896) Veeam’s Coveware business unit has released its Q2 ransomware report showing...Read More
Cyber attacks are no longer confined to the realm of IT – they are a systemic risk to economies, governments, and public trust. Nowhere is this more evident than in the UK’s newly formalised approach to cyber security. With the government now advancing a ban on ransom payments by public sector entities and introducing...Read More
Above: Charles Percy. In a statement to its members issued today, Venture Credit Union announced that it had successfully recovered from a ransomware attack.The breach was noted today on the X platform by cybersecurity monitoring firm FalconFeeds. This is the full statement… “On July 18, 2025, Venture Credit Union Society Ltd successfully recovered from a...Read More
Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a novel ransomware family dubbed Charon, deployed in a sophisticated campaign targeting the public sector and aviation industry in the Middle East. This operation employs advanced persistent threat (APT)-style techniques, including DLL sideloading via a legitimate Edge.exe binary (originally cookie_exporter.exe) to load a malicious msedge.dll loader known as SWORDLDR. Discovery...Read More
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, in close coordination with U.S. and international law enforcement partners, has successfully dismantled critical infrastructure used by BlackSuit ransomware, a major cybercriminal operation and successor to Royal ransomware, responsible for attacks on essential services around the world. The operation resulted in the seizures of servers, domains and digital assets used to...Read More
Prairie Eye and LASIK Center, a full-service eye and vision care provider based in Springfield, Illinois, experienced a data breach involving a ransomware attack. On Aug. 7, 2025, cybercriminal group known as Abyss claimed responsibility for the attack, stating on their Tor-based leak site on the dark web that they had obtained sensitive data belonging...Read More
Black Hat 2025 had plenty of shiny new toys and buzzword-heavy sessions, but the real story was hiding in plain sight. No ransomware track. No packed panel on the threat that has cost organizations billions and taken down some of the most secure environments on the planet. The only time it truly took center stage...Read More
Cryptocurrency Tracing Suggests Group Is Rebrand of Russian-Speaking BlackCat Group Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 13, 2025 The Embargo logo. (Image: Embargo/Shutterstock) Even lesser-known ransomware groups haul in serious extortion cash – although in the ransomware world, little is what it seems. See Also: What Manufacturing Leaders Are Learning About Cloud Security...Read More
A sophisticated new ransomware family called Charon has emerged in the cybersecurity landscape, targeting organizations in the Middle East’s public sector and aviation industry with advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques typically reserved for nation-state actors. The ransomware campaign represents a concerning evolution in cybercriminal operations, combining stealth, precision, and destructive capabilities to maximize impact on...Read More
