JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – One week after a ransomware attack hit the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the hospital continues to direct patients to social media updates for information. A cybersecurity expert says the slow response is by design. The Solutions Team, a firm that supports thousands of healthcare offices, doesn’t have UMMC as a...Read More
TL;DR Ransomware payments stagnated despite record attacks claimed. Total on-chain ransomware payments fell by approximately 8% to $820 million in 2025, even as claimed attacks rose 50%. Median ransom payment size increased significantly. While aggregate revenue stagnated, the median ransom payment grew 368% year-over-year to nearly $60,000. Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity can serve as...Read More
Ransomware is a particularly unpleasant form of malware that encrypts or otherwise blocks access to files on a victim’s computer or network storage, and demands payment for unlocking the data. Over the years, it has become even more dangerous, damaging and painful to tackle as attackers often adjust and improve their tactics to extract payment...Read More
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NEW YORK — The emerging risks and exposures associated with the onset of artificial intelligence was a major theme in sessions and discussions at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s Cyber Symposium in New York last week. Even as they turned their attention to the future, however, most participants noted that ransomware remains a bane of...Read More
Summary On March 11, 2026, the notorious ransomware group Akira claimed responsibility for a cyberattack onPriderock Capital Partners (priderockcapital.com), a leading asset management firm in the United States.The group has threatened to release 110GB of sensitive corporate data unless their demands are met. Incident Report Field Details Target Priderock Capital Partners Domain priderockcapital.com Country USA...Read More
The overall maturity, level of organization, and specialization within the ransomware economy means we are dealing with an adversary whose tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) are approaching the sophistication of some nation-state-sponsored attackers. In many cases, there has been documented overlap between nation-state attack elements and those of cybercriminal ransomware gangs. Today’s ransomware attacks are more...Read More
Newsfrom Japan Society Technology Mar 12, 2026 13:42 (JST) Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police confirmed 226 cases of damage from ransomware attacks in 2025, the second-highest annual total, data from the National Police Agency showed Thursday. The number of ransomware attacks, in which perpetrators use a computer virus to encrypt data and demand payment...Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice charged another former DigitalMint employee for his involvement in an insider scheme in which ransomware negotiators secretly partnered with the BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware operation. Angelo Martino has been charged with one count of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion after surrendering to the U.S. Marshals on March 10....Read More
A 41-year-old South Florida man is accused of conducting at least 10 ransomware attacks and helping accomplices extort a combined $75.25 million in ransom payments while he was working as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint. Five of Angelo John Martino III’s alleged victims hired DigitalMint, which assigned Martino to conduct ransomware negotiations on their clients’...Read More
