Additional details on Stryker hack emerge
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US jails Russian ransomware access broker
CyberScoop reports that Russian national Aleksei Volkov is facing 81 months in prison for helping major ransomware groups carry out dozens of attacks that re...
Ransomware attack disrupts operation at major Spanish fishing port
A ransomware attack has disrupted digital systems at Spain’s Port of Vigo, forcing authorities to disconnect parts of its network and temporarily manage carg...
Botnet operator behind $14 million in ransomware extortion payments gets 24 months behind bars
A Russian national has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he managed a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against dozens of U.S.
Russian botnet operator linked to major ransomware attacks sentenced in US
Ilya Angelov, 40, of Tolyatti, Russia, pleaded guilty to managing a botnet that other cybercriminals used to break into corporate systems and deploy ransomware.
2026 SC Award winner Veeam — Best Business Continuity/Disaster/Ransomware Recovery Solution
Veeam awarded for Veeam Data Platform, combining ransomware resilience with advanced recovery tools.
Russian Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years for TA551 Botnet-Driven Ransomware Attacks
The U.S.
Linux Ransomware Pay2Key Targets Servers, Virtualization Hosts, and Cloud Workloads
Linux-focused ransomware Pay2Key is actively targeting enterprise servers, VMware ESXi virtualization hosts, and cloud workloads, underscoring how far Linux ...
US Prisons Russian Access Broker for Aiding Ransomware Attacks
Aleksei Volkov has been sentenced to 81 months in prison for his role in Yanluowang ransomware attacks. The post US Prisons Russian Access Broker for Aiding ...
Manager of botnet used in ransomware attacks gets 2 years in prison
A Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting that the phishing botnet he managed was used to launch BitPaymer ransomware atta...
Russian access broker sentenced to over 6 years in prison for ransomware schemes
A federal court in Indiana sentenced a Russian cybercriminal to 81 months in prison on charges related to his role as an initial access broker for ransomware...
Yanluowang ransomware access broker gets 81 months in prison
A Russian national was sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to acting as an initial access broker (IAB) for Yanluowang ransomware atta...
81-month sentence for Russian hacker behind major ransomware campaigns
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Russian Initial Access Broker Handed 81-Month Sentence
Russian cybercriminal Aleksei Volkov has received close to seven years behind bars for role in Yanluowang ransomware
U.S. Sentences Russian Hacker to 6.75 Years for Role in $9M Ransomware Damage
A 26-year-old Russian citizen has been sentenced in the U.S.
Case study: How predictive shielding in Defender stopped GPO-based ransomware before it started
Microsoft Defender stopped a human-operated ransomware attack that abused Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and push encryption at scale. This ...
Faster attacks and ‘recovery denial’ ransomware reshape threat landscape
Mandiant’s M-Trends 2026 report, released today at the RSA Conference, shows that attackers are moving faster, operating more collaboratively, and increasing...
CISA Orders US Government to Patch Maximum Severity Cisco Flaw
CISA added CVE-2026-20131 to its KEV catalog as it is being used in ransomware campaigns
LeakNet ransomware: what you need to know
A ransomware gang that claims to be a group of "investigative journalists"? Meet LeakNet - the group using fake CAPTCHA pages to trick employees into hacking...
54 EDR Killers Use BYOVD to Exploit 35 Signed Vulnerable Drivers and Disable Security
A new analysis of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers has revealed that 54 of them leverage a technique known as bring your own vulnerable driver (...