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Former cybersecurity ransomware negotiator turns to the dark side and into a ransomware cybercriminal.

Here is another ugly lesson in “be careful who you trust, even in cybersecurity”. We have seen malicious individuals, deceitful vendors, and product

Join us for a live AI Talk on "AI-Powered Lessons From The Front Lines: A Ransomware Bounty Hunter’s Tale" with Matthew Maynard, Security Operations Specialist at BJC HealthCare

What You'll See :

• What I’ve learned working directly on ransomware case

Actionable Insights For CISOs:

• Strengthen internal defences for SIM-swap / mobile porting threats

  • Require robust identity proofing for telecom / mobile-number porting requests for employees.

  • Monitor and alert on anomalous mobile-account activ

I am looking forward to a stellar discussion about ransomware!

The Official Cybersecurity Summit is coordinating a number of virtual expert panels to discuss various aspects of Ransomware.

Join V. Carr, Sandra Morneman-Wenzel, LeeAnne Pelzer, and mysel

A new report from MIT Sloan cybersecurity research reveals that AI is leveraged in 80% of ransomware attacks.  Of the 2811 ransomware cases investigated, adversaries used AI 80.8% of the time in their attacks.  Organized threat agents like LockBit, R

UK shows leadership in a proposal to ban ransomware payments for public entities like healthcare, education, government services and other national critical infrastructure! This is a great step forward to undermine all ransomware attacks.

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The UK government has proposed banning public sector entities — including national healthcare, education institutions, libraries, and other government bodies — from making ransomware payments. This move addresses a core motivator for cybercriminals:

Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four people aged 17 to 20 in connection with recent data theft and extortion attacks against the retailers Marks & Spencer and Harrods, and the British food retailer Co-op Group. The breaches have

In this SANS session from RSAC 2025, top cybersecurity experts shared five of the most dangerous and emerging attack techniques based on real-world field intelligence, with actionable defense strategies for each. Below are the key takeaways from each

Aggressive nation-states are increasingly leveraging cyberattacks as tools to advance their foreign policy objectives. In this case, Iran sponsored Pay2Key Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) is offering an increase in profit sharing (80%) to affiliates w

Another big healthcare sector data breach, impacting 480 thousand Catholic Health patients. Their 3rd party vendor Serviceaide is the root cause of this exposure.

This is the latest in many healthcare data breaches this year! Year-to-Date we are at a

This is how you handle cybercrime digital extortion! Coinbase was compromised by trusted 3rd party partners, which exposed customer data — but customer keys to their assets were still safe. The cyber criminals then attempted to extort $20 million fro

Compromising the hardware layer, especially the CPU, is the Holy Grail of cyberattacks. Recent work by Christiaan Beek, a leading cybersecurity researcher at Rapid7, into developing a ransomware proof-of-concept that infects at the hardware layer, in

The PowerSchool data breach nightmare of 2024 doesn’t end. Here is a quick rundown to catch up, before I call out some key learnings:

In December 2024, PowerSchool was breached by ransomware attackers who claimed to have copied 62 million records, a f

Knights of Old, a 150-year-old UK company, is gone – due to a cyberattack! This terribly unfortunate event is a good example of how cybersecurity matters to every company that depends on digital technology - even if it is to run your books or manage

Ransomware payments are down according to Chainalysis, but it may be a little too early to celebrate.

The good news is that victims are realizing that paying the ransom only encourages more attacks and empowers the attackers to do greater harm, so pay