Dive Brief: About one in four companies targeted in a ransomware incident in the last year did not get all their data back after paying the attacker, cybersecurity firm Delinea said in a report released Wednesday. Delinea also found that most ransomware today includes data-theft extortion, with 85% of victims saying they were threatened with having their...Read More
The Interlock ransomware gang is deploying a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) named NodeSnake against educational institutes for persistent access to corporate networks. QuorumCyber researchers report seeing NodeSnake’s deployment in at least two cases targeting universities in the UK in January and March 2025. The two malware samples significantly differ, indicating active development to...Read More
May 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Data Breach An Iranian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. over his involvement in an international ransomware and extortion scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware. Sina Gholinejad (aka Sina Ghaaf), 37, and his co-conspirators are said to have breached the computer networks of various organizations in the United States and...Read More
MathWorks confirmed suffering a ransomware attack It is bringing systems online but the process is taking time No threat actors have yet claimed responsibility MathWorks, a prominent mathematical computing software developer, has confirmed suffering a ransomware attack that crippled its operations. In an announcement published on a dedicated status page, the company said the attack...Read More
Sophos has warned managed service providers (MSPs) they are the targets of a ransomware attack that is hoping to exploit the systems the channel uses to monitor and service customers. The security vendor has shared its experiences tracking DragonForce attacks, which look to exploit vulnerabilities in remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools. It shared...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Delinea, a pioneering provider of solutions for securing human and machine identities through centralized authorization, has unveiled new research highlighting how ransomware attacks have continued to surge over the past year, despite fewer victims paying. Over two-thirds (69%) of organizations globally have fallen victim to ransomware, with 27%...Read More
Delinea AI accelerates both attacks and defenses, but critical security gaps persist Report 2025 State of Ransomware Report Delinea unveils its annual ransomeware trends report. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Delinea, a pioneering provider of solutions for securing human and machine identities through centralized authorization, has unveiled new research highlighting how ransomware...Read More
A threat actor wielding the DragonForce ransomware has compromised an unnamed managed service provider (MSP) and pushed the malware onto its client organizations via SimpleHelp, a legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool. “Sophos MDR has medium confidence the threat actor exploited a chain of vulnerabilities that were released in January 2025,” the company’s incident...Read More