At the MACo Summer Conference, county officials stepped into the middle of a simulated ransomware attack, testing how local governments communicate and coordinate in the face of a crisis. Hackers are increasingly targeting states and local governments with sophisticated cyberattacks. Securing government information systems is critical, as a cyber intrusion can be very disruptive, jeopardizing...Read More

Warlock, the emergent cyber crime gang that claims it is holding UK network and telecoms services provider Colt’s data to ransom, appears to have hit multiple other victims in the past few weeks, it has emerged. This is according to data supplied through the open source RansomLook.io information service, which is currently tracking 475...Read More

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Inotiv pharmacy firm reports suffering a ransomware attack It is currently restoring some of its services Ransomware operators Qilin claimed responsibility Inotiv, an American pharmaceutical and biotech company, has confirmed it has suffered a ransomware attack which forced it to shut down parts of its IT infrastructure. In a report filed with the US Securities...Read More

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, today released the findings of the Acronis Cyberthreats Report H1 2025, detailing the most popular threat vectors, active threat groups, and targeted industries in the first half of 2025. Ransomware remains the major threat for large and medium-sized...Read More

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, today released the findings of the Acronis Cyberthreats Report H1 2025, detailing the most popular threat vectors, active threat groups, and targeted industries in the first half of 2025. Ransomware remains the major threat for large and medium-sized...Read More

Warlock ransomware operators have extensively targeted the Microsoft SharePoint ToolShell vulnerability to hit victims globally, according to Trend Micro researchers. Warlock affiliates have used the widely reported flaw to compromise unpatched organizations at speed and depth via a sequence of sophisticated post-exploitation techniques. “By exploiting SharePoint’s authentication and deserialization flaws, attackers were able to rapidly...Read More

Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv discloses ransomware attack. Qilin group claims responsibility for the hack Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2025 Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv says a ransomware attack encrypted systems and data, disrupting operations, according to its SEC filing. U.S. pharmaceutical firm Inotiv reported a ransomware attack that encrypted some systems and data, disrupting business operations. Inotiv is...Read More

American contract research organization Inotiv disclosed Monday that it became aware of a cybersecurity incident affecting certain of its systems and data earlier this month. Its preliminary investigation determined that a threat actor gained unauthorized access to, and encrypted certain of, the company’s systems, while investigations into the incident are ongoing.  “Upon identifying encrypted systems,...Read More

Last week, telecom company Colt Technology Services was hit by a major cyberattack. Now the alleged perpetrators have been identified: WarLock. The method used in the attack also appears to be clear. A member of the WarLock hacker group has claimed responsibility for the Colt attack. The username is “cnkjasdfgd”; the user claims that one...Read More