Cybercriminals are exploiting the growing demand for artificial intelligence solutions by disguising ransomware within legitimate-looking AI business tools, according to recent security research. This emerging threat specifically targets small businesses and entrepreneurs seeking to integrate AI capabilities into their operations, creating a dangerous intersection between innovation adoption and cyber threats. The sophisticated campaigns discovered by...Read More
U.S. tax resolution firm Optima Tax Relief suffered a Chaos ransomware attack, with the threat actors now leaking data stolen from the company. Optima Tax Relief is a well-known U.S. tax resolution and settlement firm that helps individuals and businesses in addressing and fixing federal and state tax issues. The company claims to be the...Read More
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Ransomware attacks surged 46% across energy, manufacturing and other industrial sectors from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025, according to a recent report from Honeywell, which identifies cybersecurity threats that try to breach its customer’ systems....Read More
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A ransomware group could be linked to a cyberattack on Kettering Health, the Ohio-based health system said Thursday. The provider said it has reason to believe that the attack, which began in late May and disrupted patient...Read More
The Qilin ransomware operation has recently joined attacks exploiting two Fortinet vulnerabilities that allow bypassing authentication on vulnerable devices and executing malicious code remotely. Qilin (also tracked as Phantom Mantis) surfaced in August 2022 as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation under the “Agenda” name and has since claimed responsibility for over 310 victims on its dark...Read More
One of the largest healthcare systems in Ohio confirmed that the systemwide technology outages it has faced over the last two weeks were caused by a ransomware attack. Kettering Health, which runs 14 medical centers and dozens of clinics primarily in the Dayton area, attributed the cybersecurity incident to the ransomware group Interlock. The ransomware...Read More
More than 900 organizations have been hit by cyberattacks from the Play ransomware gang since it emerged in 2022, making it one of the most threatening cybercrime groups currently active, according to new data released by the FBI on Wednesday. The FBI published an update to a 2023 advisory where they initially said the group...Read More
Major U.S. local newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises had information from 39,779 individuals, including their Social Security numbers, compromised as a result of an attack by the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service operation in February, which allegedly led to the exfiltration of 350 GB of data, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. Source link...Read More
