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A 16-Year-Old Ransomware Kingpin, FBI Patch Fails, and Leaked Pentagon Records: Another Bad Week in Infosec
From a teenage cybercrime mastermind and an embarrassing FBI patch oversight to millions of leaked Social Security numbers at the Department of Defense, here's your weekly deep dive into the latest security breaches, VPN clampdowns, and AI threats. It’s been
Q3 2026 Sets New Record for Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks reached their highest ever quarterly volume in the third quarter of 2026, according to an analysis by Comparitech. The firm identified a total of 2627 claimed attacks during the t
16-year-old allegedly led ransomware gang behind hundreds of attacks
When you picture the person running an international ransomware operation, a 16-year-old probably does not come to mind. Yet investigators say a teenager was the suspected main operator behind KillSe
Germany arrests alleged core Qilin ransomware member after extradition
Germany has arrested a Russian national suspected of being a leading member of the Qilin ransomware group following extradition from Japan earlier this month.
ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories
The crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure is a problem on both sides of the fence. The rest of the wee
ransomtriage added to PyPI
Offline, privacy-preserving first-hour ransomware triage. Nothing is uploaded. ransomtriage reads ransom notes and encrypted files on the affected machine (or a copy). It then: suggests the
Cyberattacks Spread Across Japan
A series of cyberattacks has disrupted business operations and exposed millions of customer records across Japan, with a ransomware attack on a cloud service provider affecting 495 companies and local governments nationwide, while convenience store operator L
Ransomware attack disrupts Japan's IDCF Cloud used by govt clients
IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of the country.
Money trail backs leaked chats from extortion crew that walks into US law firms
Cryptocurrency transactions lend credibility to parts of a purported leak from Russian extortion crew Silent Ransom Group (SRG), according to blockchain researchers. Chainalysis said some wallet add
Fauci diary reveals he disparaged Trump, praised China, and lost secret files in ransomware hack
Newly released diary pages belonging to Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the government’s most influential chief health officials for nearly four decades, show that he disparaged Donald Trump, praised Chinese health officials, and lost a set of confidential records
MonsterCloud Owner Charged With Secretly Paying Ransomware Demands
MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi allegedly paid ransomware demands behind clients’ backs, then charged them millions for the supposed recovery. Zohar Pinhasi, the owner of Florida-based MonsterCloud, was charged this week with wire fraud. Federal prosecutors
MonsterCloud Owner Accused of Billing Over $19M While Secretly Paying Ransoms to Decrypt Data
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced charges against a 50-year-old U.S. and Israeli national for allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying the attackers to obtain decryptors while claiming to use proprietary tools to recover their data. Zohar Pinhasi (aka Zac