No Manners Here: The Ruthless Rise of The Gentlemen Ransomware
Unit 42 explores The Gentlemen ransomware operations, revealing the affiliate model driving its rapid growth. Learn more here.
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Silver Fox group uses new Rust-based MODBEACON RAT
QiAnXin, a Chinese cybersecurity company, reported that while the group's operations may appear unsophisticated due to the use of SEO poisoning and counterfe...
Armenian man pleads guilty to deploying Ryuk ransomware
Bleeping Computer reports that Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national, has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges related to dep...
Former ransomware negotiator sentenced to 70 months for extorting $75.3 million
Angelo John Martino III, a former ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint, was sentenced to 70 months in jail for deceiving his employer’s clients and conspiri...
Armenian national pleads guilty to Ryuk ransomware attacks
Karen Vardanyan faces up to 15 years in federal prison and agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million in restitution.
Ryuk ransomware member pleads guilty in the US, faces 15 years in prison
A 34-year-old Armenian man has pleaded guilty to hacking U.S.
Ryuk operator pleads guilty; Blackcat/AlphV conspirator gets nearly 6-year sentence
One man accused of deploying Ryuk ransomware pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Oregon federal court to conspiracy and computer fraud, while another man received...
In Other News: DHS Database Hacked, Adobe Boosts Patch Cadence, Canada Disrupts Ransomware Ops
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Cybersecurity Negotiator Gets 70 Months for Helping BlackCat Extort Victims
Former ransomware negotiator Angelo Martino gets 70 months in prison for helping BlackCat extort US victims and misuse confidential client data in cyberattacks.
New Ransomware Exploits Malicious Driver to Remove Cybersecurity Protections
GodDamn ransomware uses remote desktop application to secretly move around networks and drop the malicious PoisonX kernel driver
Third US Security Expert Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang
Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, was sentenced to 70 months for helping the BlackCat/Alphv group. The post Third US Security Expert Sentenced ...
Hackers Exploit CitrixBleed 2 to Hijack MFA-Protected Sessions and Deploy DragonForce Ransomware
Threat actors are exploiting the CitrixBleed 2 vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5777, to hijack active NetScaler sessions protected by multi-factor authent...
Ransomware Never Stopped: Over 9,000 Confirmed Attacks Since 2018
Ransomware remains above 1,400 attacks yearly since 2023. Qilin leads in 2026, while the U.
‘GodDamn’ ransomware deploys PoisonX driver to kill EDR
GodDamn, a rebrand of Beast and Monster ransomware, leverages AnyDesk for remote access.
Former Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Secretly Helping BlackCat Gang
A former ransomware negotiator was sentenced to nearly six years for secretly helping BlackCat extort victims while betraying his clients. A U.
GigaWiper Combines Multiple Malware for System-Level Sabotage
The backdoor’s destructive capabilities include a standalone wiper, ransomware encryption, and a multi-pass wiping command. The post GigaWiper Combines Multi...
Former ransomware negotiator gets 4 years for BlackCat attacks
A former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint was sentenced to 70 months in prison for targeting U.S.
Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks
A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e.
Sysdig uncovers first documented agentic ransomware operation
Security researchers at Sysdig have documented what they believe is the first documented case of an AI agent running a ransomware operation from end to end. ...
Ransomware Negotiator Jailed for Leaking Victim Secrets to BlackCat Hackers
Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator from Florida, has been sentenced to 70,707 months in federal prison for conspiring with ALPHV/BlackCat ransomw...