In a major cybersecurity breach targeting the financial services sector, U.S.-based tax resolution giant Optima Tax Relief has reportedly fallen victim to a ransomware attack carried out by the Chaos ransomware gang, resulting in the leak of 69GB of corporate and customer data. Double-Extortion Tactics Used The attack, believed to be a double-extortion operation, not...Read More
The Swiss nonprofit health organization Radix has confirmed that its systems were breached by a ransomware group earlier this month. In a statement on Monday, the Zurich-based agency — which runs health promotion programs and online counseling services — said that the threat actor known as Sarcoma had published data stolen from its systems on...Read More
In the aftermath of a cyberattack, the response often matters more than the cause. Leadership is tested, processes are scrutinised, and the speed and integrity of recovery as part of overall data resilience becomes a business-critical differentiator. Having said that, too many organisations continue to treat data recovery as a cost-centre, employed reactively, rather than...Read More
DragonForce ransomware has emerged as one of the most sophisticated threats in the cybercriminal ecosystem, transforming from a hacktivist collective into a mature Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation since its debut in December 2023. The group initially gained notoriety through ideologically driven cyberattacks targeting organizations whose values conflicted with their political stance, but has since pivoted toward...Read More
A groundbreaking report titled “The State of Ransomware 2025” by Sophos, released in June 2025, has shed light on the persistent and evolving threat of ransomware attacks targeting organizations worldwide. The study, based on responses from 3,400 victims, identifies exploited vulnerabilities as the predominant technical root cause of these attacks for the third consecutive year,...Read More
A comprehensive analysis of the global ransomware landscape has revealed that exploited vulnerabilities remain the dominant attack vector, accounting for 32% of all successful ransomware incidents targeting organizations worldwide. This marks the third consecutive year that vulnerability exploitation has topped the list of technical root causes, according to findings from the latest State of Ransomware...Read More
A data breach at Ahold Delhaize USA Services, LLC, a company providing support to the major East Coast grocery retailer Ahold Delhaize USA, has affected more than 2.2 million (2,242,521) individuals (including over 95,000 Mainers). The incident, which involved unauthorized access to internal US business systems, occurred between November 5th and 6th, 2024, leading to...Read More
Infosec in Brief Despite warnings not to pay ransomware operators, almost half of those infected by the malware send cash to the crooks who planted it, according to infosec software slinger Sophos. The vendor surveyed 3,400 IT pros in early 2025 about their experiences over the last year and found 49 percent paid ransoms on...Read More
