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A 28-year-old Russian man has been arrested by German police, suspected of being a key member of the Qilin ransomware gang.
Bitdefender
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U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who maintained unusually close relations with the extortion group, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the investigation say one of the executives in the United States even helped ShinyHunters…
Krebs on Security
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Ransomware attackers threatened employees’ family members or friends at 37% of organizations surveyed for Semperis’ 2026 Ransomware Risk Report. The survey covered 1,200 IT and security professionals at organizations that had experienced at least one successful ransomware attack. “Ransomware has proven to be a great cash-generating activity for criminal syndicates, which have no hesitation about…
Help Net Security
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The shocking arrest of a well-known ransomware negotiator reveals the critical need for vendor program oversight.
Dark Reading
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Anne Arundel County, Maryland, said an intruder stole files from government systems, and investigators are working to assess how much data was exposed.
The Record
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Guru Baran reports: Ransomware gangs are moving beyond locked files and stolen data. Criminals now threaten employees, executives, and their families to force companies to pay. According to the Semperis 2026 Ransomware Risk Report, 37% of successful attacks included threats against workers’ friends or relatives. The findings show that ransomware is no longer only a……
DataBreaches.net
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Ransomware attackers are expanding their tactics beyond encrypting corporate systems and threatening to leak stolen data. They are increasingly using AI in attacks, exploiting organizations’ own AI systems and even using physical intimidation by threatening employees and their families to pressure companies into paying ransoms. The Semperis’ 2026 Ransomware Risk Report found that 84% of…
CSO Online UK
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Audrey Liza M. Nolasco reports: Japan is confronting a mounting cybersecurity crisis, with a ransomware attack disrupting hundreds of organisations and a series of separate breaches putting millions of customer records at risk. One alarming detail: experts estimate that stolen Japanese driver’s licence images could be offered on dark-web markets for as little as ¥25,……
DataBreaches.net
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Bojan Lepic reports: A cyber extortion group has threatened to publish data it claims it stole from 38 shipping, port, and logistics companies unless they pay multimillion-dollar ransoms by October 19. Cybersecurity firm SOCRadar said the group, known as n0n, added the 38 organisations to its dark web leak site in a single batch on……
DataBreaches.net
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Organizations are reporting that employees face threats to their families, stalking, physical violence, and abduction. But these alarming claims are hard to verify.
Dark Reading
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37% of ransomware attacks involve psychological or physical threats, global survey found…
The Register
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Researchers at ReliaQuest have observed a surge in voice phishing (vishing) and Microsoft Teams phishing over the past several months, particularly from extortion groups like ShinyHunters.
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