M-Ransomware

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Sep
Medusa's Affiliate Model Hits Full Stride: 500 Critical-Infrastructure Victims and a Hint of Cracks Beneath- 339

Medusa's Affiliate Model Hits Full Stride: 500 Critical-Infrastructure Victims and a Hint of Cracks Beneath- 339

August 20, 2026 An updated federal advisory on the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service operation reads less like a warning
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15
Sep
A Chinese Ransomware Crew Swaps Tools, Not Tactics: Storm-1175's Pivot to StormEncryptor Exposes the Fragility of the MSP Layer- 338

A Chinese Ransomware Crew Swaps Tools, Not Tactics: Storm-1175's Pivot to StormEncryptor Exposes the Fragility of the MSP Layer- 338

August 16, 2026 For a financially motivated hacking crew that had gone quiet since April, the reappearance of Storm-1175
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09
Sep
A Federal Law Enforcement Agency Learns of Its Own Breach From a Leak Site- 331

A Federal Law Enforcement Agency Learns of Its Own Breach From a Leak Site- 331

September 1, 2026 When the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed on August 26 that it was responding
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07
Sep
From Leaked Code to RaaS Empire: Inside the Gunra Ransomware Warning- 325

From Leaked Code to RaaS Empire: Inside the Gunra Ransomware Warning- 325

August 13, 2026 US federal agencies and South Korea's National Police Agency issued a joint advisory this month
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07
Sep
Fear or False Comfort: Ransomware Gangs Are Now Managing the Whole Story- 310

Fear or False Comfort: Ransomware Gangs Are Now Managing the Whole Story- 310

August 5, 2026 Encryption used to be the entire product. A ransomware group broke in, locked the files, left a
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04
Sep
Fifteen Years in the Making: The Sentencing of Ransomwareas- a-Service's Original Architect- 309

Fifteen Years in the Making: The Sentencing of Ransomwareas- a-Service's Original Architect- 309

August 7, 2026 When a US federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years
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04
Sep
Up, Down, and Sideways: What Three Ransomware Trend Claims in One Week Actually Measure- 304

Up, Down, and Sideways: What Three Ransomware Trend Claims in One Week Actually Measure- 304

August 9, 2026 Three pieces of ransomware reporting circulated within days of each other this month, and a reader skimming
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03
Aug
Canada's Signals Intelligence Agency Turns Its Offensive Toolkit on Criminal Networks, Not Just State Adversaries- 277

Canada's Signals Intelligence Agency Turns Its Offensive Toolkit on Criminal Networks, Not Just State Adversaries- 277

July 7, 2026 Canada's Communications Security Establishment has disclosed that it ran three offensive cyber operations against foreign
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03
Aug
When the Operator Became the Model: JadePuffer and the Collapse of Ransomware's Skill Floor- 274

When the Operator Became the Model: JadePuffer and the Collapse of Ransomware's Skill Floor- 274

5July 7, 2026 For the first time, a security research team has documented a ransomware operation whose entire technical execution
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25
Jul
When the Attacker Stops Being Human: Two July 2026 Cases Mark the Shift to AI-Operated Offensive Cyber Campaigns- 273

When the Attacker Stops Being Human: Two July 2026 Cases Mark the Shift to AI-Operated Offensive Cyber Campaigns- 273

July 7, 2026 In early July 2026, two reports landed within days of each other, and together they mark a
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