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Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet and Schneider Electric Flaws to Breach Networks

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organiza…

Fortinet

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Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy Flaws to Breach Networks

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organiza…

Fortinet

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Ransom Cartel Creator Gets 16 Years in Prison for Operating Ransomware-as-a-Service

A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the ransomware-as-…

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Chaos Ransomware Uses msaRAT to Route C2 Traffic Through Headless Chrome and Edge

The Chaos ransomware group ran its command-and-control through the victim's own browser. Cisco Talos on Thursday detailed msaRAT, the Rust implant behind it, f…

Windows Cisco Chrome

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Qilin Ransomware Attackers Exploit PAN-OS Authentication Bypass for Initial Access

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched high-severity Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS vulnerability as an entry point to deploy Qilin (aka Agenda) …

Palo Alto

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New ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Model Files in Langflow RCE Attack

Researchers at Sysdig have linked a second attack on the same Langflow server to JADEPUFFER, the AI-agent-driven operator it first documented earlier this mont…

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New GigaWiper Windows Backdoor Bundles Disk Wiping, Fake Ransomware, and Spyware

Microsoft has taken apart a destructive Windows backdoor it calls GigaWiper. What stands out is how it is built: not one tool but three older destructive progr…

Windows

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New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented modular malware framework codenamed Avalon that's distributed by means of a multi-stage phi…

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Ransomware Groups Turn to Citrix Bleed 2, BYOVD, and Supply Chain Credentials

Threat actors associated with the Anubis ransomware operation have been observed exploiting the Citrix Bleed 2 (CVE-2025-5777) vulnerability to obtain initial …

Citrix

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AI-Generated Browser Ransomware Abuses Chromium API on Windows and Android

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware artifact generated using DeepSeek that constructed a novel attack path combining "unrealistic browser-malw…

Windows Android Chrome

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AI-Generated Browser Ransomware Abuses Chromium API on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware artifact generated using DeepSeek that constructed a novel attack path combining "unrealistic browser-malw…

Linux Windows Android

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Europol Disrupts AudiA6 Crypto Laundering Service Used by Ransomware Gangs

Authorities in Europe have disrupted AudiA6, a cryptocurrency laundering service used by ransomware gangs and cybercriminal networks.Europol, in a statement is…

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The Gentlemen Ransomware Claims 478 Victims, Can Spread Like a Worm

A new analysis of The Gentlemen operation has revealed that the financially motivated threat group initially operated as an affiliate responsible for conductin…

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First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups

Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by criminal actors to obscure t…

VPN

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Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft on Tuesday said it disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that weaponized the company's Artifact Signing system to deliver malici…

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MuddyWater Uses Microsoft Teams to Steal Credentials in False Flag Ransomware Attack

The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm, Seedworm, and Static Kitten) has been attributed to a ransomware attack in …

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VECT 2.0 Ransomware Irreversibly Destroys Files Over 131KB on Windows, Linux, ESXi

Threat hunters are warning that the cybercriminal operation known as VECT 2.0 acts more like a wiper than a ransomware due to a critical flaw in its encryption…

Linux Windows VMware

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SystemBC C2 Server Reveals 1,570+ Victims in The Gentlemen Ransomware Operation

Threat actors associated with The Gentlemen ransomware‑as‑a‑service (RaaS) operation have been observed attempting to deploy a known proxy malware called Syste…

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China-Linked Storm-1175 Exploits Zero-Days to Rapidly Deploy Medusa Ransomware

A China-based threat actor known for deploying Medusa ransomware has been linked to the weaponization of a combination of zero-day and N-day vulnerabilities to…

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Qilin and Warlock Ransomware Use Vulnerable Drivers to Disable 300+ EDR Tools

Threat actors associated with Qilin and Warlock ransomware operations have been observed using the bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) technique to silenc…

Cisco

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Bearlyfy Hits 70+ Russian Firms with Custom GenieLocker Ransomware

A pro-Ukrainian group called Bearlyfy has been attributed to more than 70 cyber attacks targeting Russian companies since it first surfaced in the threat lands…

Windows

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Bearlyfy Hits Russian Firms with Custom GenieLocker Ransomware

A pro-Ukrainian group called Bearlyfy has been attributed to more than 70 cyber attacks targeting Russian companies since it first surfaced in the threat lands…

Windows

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Russian Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years for TA551 Botnet-Driven Ransomware Attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said a Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison for managing a botnet that was used to launch ransomware…

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Interlock Ransomware Exploits Cisco FMC Zero-Day CVE-2026-20131 for Root Access

Amazon Threat Intelligence is warning of an active Interlock ransomware campaign that's exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Cisco Secure …

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