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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
4 min read
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
3 min read
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
6 min read
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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22
Jul
When the Bottling Line Goes Dark: Coca-Cola's Fairlife Ransomware Incident and the Limits of Early Disclosure- 268

When the Bottling Line Goes Dark: Coca-Cola's Fairlife Ransomware Incident and the Limits of Early Disclosure- 268

July 18, 2026 Coca-Cola disclosed on July 16 that its wholly owned dairy subsidiary Fairlife, a Chicago-based producer
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19
Jul
The ransomware gang that used a training-data BTC address by mistake was actually the AI's mistake- 254

The ransomware gang that used a training-data BTC address by mistake was actually the AI's mistake- 254

July 4, 2026 Researchers at Sysdig have documented what they believe is the first fully autonomous ransomware operation on record:
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19
Jul
Anubis's real innovation isn't the ransomware — it's making destruction irreversible- 250

Anubis's real innovation isn't the ransomware — it's making destruction irreversible- 250

July 1, 2026 Anubis, a ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in late 2024 as a spinoff of the
2 min read
19
Jul
When a ransomware gang gets ransomware'd: what The Gentlemen's leak reveals about the RaaS economy- 232

When a ransomware gang gets ransomware'd: what The Gentlemen's leak reveals about the RaaS economy- 232

May 10, 2026 In early May 2026, one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service operations running today discovered
3 min read
19
Jul
WannaCry at nine years: the day a stolen NSA tool became a lesson in negligence- 231

WannaCry at nine years: the day a stolen NSA tool became a lesson in negligence- 231

May 12, 2026 Nine years on, WannaCry remains the starkest illustration of a principle this publication returns to often: the
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