[ad_1] New type of ransomware that utilizes agentic AI for faster, more effective attacks anticipated to become a threat TAMPA BAY, Fla., May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — KnowBe4, the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today announced a prediction that agentic AI ransomware will become a new threat in the near future,...Read More

[ad_1] North Korea has been covertly expanding its fake IT worker scheme that facilitates ransomware intrusions, cryptocurrency compromise, and malicious software distribution with the help of Chinese front companies, Cybersecurity Dive reports.Aside from a U.S.-sanctioned Chinese firm delivering computers and network equipment to North Korean IT workers, there were 35 other entities associated with the...Read More

[ad_1] At the RSA Conference, members of the international Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) coalition, including the U.S., Germany, Italy, Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, UAE, Netherlands, and others, convened to discuss establishing trust, exchanging information, and collaborating on the Crystal Ball Platform for collective defense and global resiliency under the CRI.  At present, more than 30...Read More

[ad_1] Rapid7’s Chrstiaan Beek has written proof-of-concept code for ransomware that can attack your CPU, and warns of future threats that could lock your drive until a ransom is paid. This attack would circumvent most traditional forms of ransomware detection. In an interview with The Register, Beek, who is Rapid7’s senior director of threat analytics,...Read More

[ad_1] In an alarming trend that shows no signs of abating, ransomware attacks continue to devastate businesses worldwide as organizations struggle to strengthen their digital security infrastructure amid rising threats. Recent data reveals a record-breaking surge in attacks, with devastating financial consequences for unprepared companies. Record-Breaking Surge in Ransomware Incidents January 2025 marked a grim...Read More

[ad_1] Ransomware Attacks on Ag and Over 15,000 USDA Employees Leave From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update. **There were 84 ransomware attacks against the food and agriculture industry in the first three months of 2025, more than twice than during the same period last year. The Record reports more than three-quarters...Read More

[ad_1] Prosecutors have started legal process to extradite the 45-year-old suspect to the Netherlands from Moldova Moldovan authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign national suspected of carrying out a major ransomware attack against the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in 2021. The arrest took place on 6th May. The Moldovan Police, in coordination with the country’s...Read More

[ad_1] Criminals who attempt to damage critical infrastructure are increasingly targeting the systems that sit between IT and operational tech. These in-between systems are no man’s land, according to Tim Conway, the technical director of SANS Institute industrial control systems (ICS) programs. They’re not classic IT systems that run core business applications, or operational tech...Read More

[ad_1] Andy Frain Services has notified over 100,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised in a data breach that occurred in October 2024. The security firm, which provides services to clients such as the NFL, NBA, and NASCAR, confirmed that notifications were sent to 100,964 people affected by the breach. Details of the compromised...Read More

[ad_1] A man was arrested in Moldova He is suspected of mounting multiple cyberattacks One of the attacks caused roughly €4.5 million in damages Moldovan authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign national suspected of mounting multiple cyberattacks, including a ransomware attack with multimillion-dollar damages. In a press release published on the website of the Moldova...Read More