TA-CRIME

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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
4 min read
10
Sep
Berlin's No: A Ransomware Extortion Collides With a State Election- 332

Berlin's No: A Ransomware Extortion Collides With a State Election- 332

September 2, 2026 A city-state government's refusal to pay a ransom is rarely news in itself; what
4 min read
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
4 min read
09
Sep
The Airport That Underestimated Its Own Breach- 329

The Airport That Underestimated Its Own Breach- 329

September 1, 2026 When Manchester Airports Group disclosed on August 27 that a cyberattack had touched the records of 8.
3 min read
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
No Single Actor Controls Enough to Be Deterred: Why Law Enforcement Keeps Losing the Cybercrime Race- 323

No Single Actor Controls Enough to Be Deterred: Why Law Enforcement Keeps Losing the Cybercrime Race- 323

August 7, 2026 At Black Hat USA 2026, Carole House, CEO of Penumbra Strategies and a senior fellow at the
3 min read
07
Sep
Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

August 6, 2026 A fake job offer, a hijacked hotel Wi-Fi login, a criminal marketplace listing, and an advertising
7 min read
07
Sep
You Don't Have to Hack In, You Just Have to Log In: Phishing's New Engineering Problem- 315

You Don't Have to Hack In, You Just Have to Log In: Phishing's New Engineering Problem- 315

August 6, 2026 For twenty years, phishing's basic engineering problem was getting a password. Multifactor authentication and email-
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07
Sep
The Trust Multiplier: When One Vendor's Compromise Becomes Everyone's- 314

The Trust Multiplier: When One Vendor's Compromise Becomes Everyone's- 314

August 15, 2026 Three supply-chain compromises surfacing in the same stretch of reporting share nothing in terms of victim,
8 min read