New type of ransomware that utilises agentic AI for faster, more effective attacks anticipated to become a threat 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, recognised on International Anti-Ransomware Day. Ransomware demands and payments...Read More

“Don’t do crime—CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague.” Recently, LockBit’s Dark Web leak site featured a simple message and a zipped archive link. The file included the Ransome group’s internal data, including its confidential conversation with the victims. This news made LockBit the talk of the cyber town, some mocking it for testing its own...Read More

New type of ransomware that utilises agentic AI for faster, more effective attacks anticipated to become a threat 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, recognised on International Anti-Ransomware Day. Ransomware demands and payments...Read More

It’s 6:15pm on a Friday night as an SMB insured reaches out to the Converge hotline reporting that its servers are encrypted and its network is down. Only there’s no panic in the caller’s voice. They are confident in their third party cloud hosted backups. They are all ready to spin up a new clean...Read More

Ransomware claims stabilized in 2024 despite remaining the most costly and disruptive type of cyberattack, according to Coalition. 60% of 2024 claims originated from BEC and funds transfer fraud (FTF) incidents, with 29% of BEC events resulting in FTF. BEC claims severity increased 23% year-over-year (YoY) to an average loss of $35,000, primarily driven by...Read More

These DOGE ransowmare hackers demand a trillion dollar payment. AFP via Getty Images Update, April 25, 2025: This story, originally published April 23, has been updated with further details regarding the DOGE ransomware attack and information from a new FBI report about the FOG malware threat used following the latest trillion-dollar ransom note demand. The...Read More

Microsoft has issued an alert regarding sophisticated ransomware attacks targeting hybrid cloud environments in Q1 2025. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities at the intersection of on-premises infrastructure and cloud services, challenging organizations with hybrid configurations. In a significant shift, North Korean state actor Moonstone Sleet has deployed Qilin ransomware in targeted attacks. This marks their...Read More

RSAC If Rapid7’s Christiaan Beek decided to change careers and become a ransomware criminal, he knows exactly how he’d innovate: CPU ransomware. The senior director of  threat analytics for the cybersecurity company got the idea from a bad bug in AMD Zen chips that, if exploited by highly skilled attackers, would allow those intruders to...Read More

Has the notorious LockBit ransomware gang finally met its end? In a shocking turn of events, LockBit, one of the most notorious ransomware groups, has had its own site defaced and a massive amount of data dumped. LockBit’s own leak site was defaced with a bold message: “Do not crime. Crime is bad.” Alongside that,...Read More

A ransomware gang is channeling Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency by taunting victims with ransom notes that demand to know what they’ve “accomplished for work” in the last week. The FOG ransomware group has been distributing the DOGE-themed notes in recent weeks, according to malware samples that cybersecurity vendor Trend Micro discovered on the...Read More