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Iran’s MuddyWater hackers adopted Chaos ransomware branding to disguise espionage operations and confuse attribution

When a ransomware attack locks files and drops a payment demand, most security teams reach for the same playbook: isolate the damage, restore from backups, and figure out whether to negotiate. But a ...
Business Wire

Sygnia First to Link Two Ransomware Groups to Larger Chinese Threat Actor, Dubbed ‘Emperor Dragonfly’

In a new report, Sygnia’s Incident Response (IR) team connects Night Sky and Cheerscrypt activity to one unified threat group targeting Windows and VMWare ESXi environments TEL AVIV, Israel & NEW YORK ...

Trellix confirms data breach after hack of 'a portion' of its source code

Key details are still missing, but Trellix says it found no evidence of source code release or distribution process being affected.
Bleeping Computer

From Cipher to Fear: The psychology behind modern ransomware extortion

For years, security teams treated ransomware as a technological problem. Security teams hardened backup systems, deployed endpoint detection, practiced incident response playbooks built around data ...
CSOonline

Microsoft disrupts malware code-signing service used by ransomware gangs

Cybercriminals paid between $5,000 and $9,000 to make their malware harder to detect on Windows, highlighting its effectiveness and a shift in how the cybercrime market operates. Microsoft has ...
Bleeping Computer

Ransomware gangs join attacks targeting Microsoft SharePoint servers

Ransomware gangs have recently joined ongoing attacks targeting a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability chain, part of a broader exploitation campaign that has already led to the breach of at least 148 ...