Akira

Ransomware attacks reached a record high in 2025, with over 6,100 total extortion incidents, as criminal groups rapidly adapted despite…

Cyber threats are evolving faster than defenses, with attackers constantly refining their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), creating a widening…

Ransomware attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication, with over half occurring during weekends or holidays to exploit reduced staffing,…

Despite fewer major law enforcement takedowns, ransomware threats intensified, with a dramatic surge in publicly claimed victims indicating a shift…

Hypervisors are a critical but often overlooked ransomware target, as a single compromise can jeopardize hundreds of virtual machines, with…

Cybersecurity threat groups are increasingly using the commercial **Shanya packer service** to encrypt and obfuscate ransomware payloads, making them difficult…

Ransomware extortion surged, with criminals collecting over $2.1 billion from 2022-2024, nearly matching the total from the previous eight years.…

The DragonForce ransomware operation has evolved into a "cartel" model, offering affiliates high profit shares to scale its impact, and…

Ransomware activity surged in Q3 2025, with compromised VPN credentials being the primary entry point for nearly half of all…

The Akira ransomware group has expanded to target Linux systems and Nutanix AHV virtual machines, exploiting vulnerabilities like CVE-2024-40766 and…

A state-sponsored threat actor breached SonicWall's cloud backup service using brute-force techniques, accessing all stored backup files through an API…

State-sponsored hackers breached SonicWall's cloud environment in September, accessing firewall configuration backup files via an API call, but no products,…

The Apache Software Foundation has denied the Akira ransomware group's claims of a security breach in OpenOffice, stating no evidence…

Metroid Prime 4 is scheduled for release on December 4, following years of anticipation and a development cycle that included…

European organizations experienced a 13% surge in ransomware attacks, with the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and Spain being the most…

AdaptixC2, a legitimate penetration testing tool, is now being widely misused in global ransomware campaigns, marking a shift in attacker…

Ransomware payment rates have plummeted to just 23% in Q3 2025, significantly undermining the financial model of cybercriminals and marking…

Ransomware payment rates have hit a record low of 23%, driven by improved corporate defenses and pressure from authorities not…

Akira ransomware is exploiting unpatched SonicWall VPN vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-40766), bypassing multi-factor authentication through stolen credentials and encrypting data rapidly. Attackers…

GreyNoise reported a 500% surge in reconnaissance scans targeting Palo Alto Networks login interfaces, with 1,300 distinct IPs detected on…