Ransomware

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When the Ransomware Gang Gets Hacked: What the Gentlemen Leak Reveals About Modern Ransomware Risk

News Desk 14/05/2026

On May 4, 2026, The Gentlemen’s administrator acknowledged on underground forums that their internal backend database had been compromised and leaked, likely connected to a breach of 4VPS, a hosting provider the group used to run their infrastructure. Check Point Research obtained a

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More than Half (58%) of Retailers hit by Ransomware Pay the Ransom

News Desk 10/11/2025

Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released its fifth annual Sophos State of Ransomware in Retail report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 16 countries. This year’s report reveals that nearly half (46%) of retail ransomware incidents were traced to an unknown security gap, underscoring

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Sophos Report Finds Education Sector Strengthening Against  Ransomware, but IT Teams Pay Personal Price

PR News Desk 11/09/2025

Sophos, a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released its fifth annual Sophos State of Ransomware in Education report. The global study of 441 IT [QL1] [KK2] and cybersecurity leaders shows the education sector is making measurable progress in defending against ransomware, with fewer ransom payments,

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Kaspersky reports the return of ransomware group OldGremlin

PR News Desk 28/08/2025

Kaspersky Threat Research has identified new attacks by the ransomware group OldGremlin in early 2025, signaling the return of an operation that targets manufacturing, healthcare, retail and technology firms and once demanded nearly $17 million from a single victim. The OldGremlin cyber group, identified five years ago, uses advanced techniques, tactics, and procedures to

Cybersecurity

Elite cybercrime rings are recruiting experts as ransomware attacks surge in 2025

Arnold Pinto 20/08/2025

Ransomware cases up 49% in H1 2025 Ransomware attacks have surged globally in the first half of 2025, exposing the growing scale and sophistication of organised cybercrime. Experts warn that far from amateur operations, many ransomware groups now operate like corporations, recruiting skilled professionals and deploying advanced tactics to infiltrate critical systems. Data

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Ransomware in the Crosshairs: Sophos and Halcyon Announce New Intelligence-Sharing and Mutual Anti-Tamper Protection Initiative

PR News Desk 05/08/2025

Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today announced a strategic threat intelligence sharing partnership with Halcyon, the leading anti-ransomware solution provider. This collaboration brings together two of the most experienced teams in ransomware defense to accelerate detection, enhance protection, and improve response

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Halcyon Launches Ransomware Detection and Recovery (RDR) to Combat Ransomware Around the Clock

PR News Desk 12/03/2025

Halcyon, a leading platform designed from day one to defeat ransomware, today announced Halcyon Ransomware Detection and Recovery (RDR), a no-cost integrated service that is now included with every deployment of the Halcyon Anti-Ransomware Platform. Powered by Halcyon’s RISE team, an elite group of ransomware experts, Halcyon RDR delivers unmatched ransomware protection to

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity

Chainalysis: Global crypto crime has fallen 19.6% YTD

News Desk 19/08/2024

Ransomware emerges as a notable exception New research from Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis firm headquartered in New York City, reveals a significant drop in global crypto-related crime. Year-to-date (YTD) illicit activity has decreased by 19.6%, from $20.9 billion to $16.7 billion. Despite the decline in illicit transactions, ransomware has emerged as a notable

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ExaGrid Named to Prestigious MES Midmarket 100

PR News Desk 16/08/2024

ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution with Retention Time-Lock that includes a non-network-facing tier (creating a tiered air gap), delayed deletes and immutability for ransomware recovery, today announced that MES Computing, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized ExaGrid on its 2024 MES Midmarket 100 list. The MES Midmarket 100

Cybersecurity

Email attacks worldwide rise by 293% in H1 2024

News Desk 31/07/2024

New ransomware groups pose a significant threat Acronis has released its biannual cyber threats report for the first half of 2024, comprehensively analysing global cybersecurity trends. The report, titled ‘Acronis Cyberthreats Report H1 2024,’ presents a sobering view of cyber threats. Email attacks experienced an unprecedented 293% surge, and new ransomware groups pose

Business Cybersecurity

2024 Thales Data Threat Report: Cyber Threats Are Escalating

Arnold Pinto 01/04/2024

Ransomware Attacks Up 22% In 2023 The newly unveiled 2024 Thales Data Threat Report exposes a worrying escalation in cyber threats, underscoring the urgent need for robust data security measures. The report comprehensively analyses evolving security practices and their implications for businesses worldwide. Based on insights from 3,000 IT and security professionals across

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Prolific Ransomware Groups Intentionally Switch On Remote Encryption for Attacks

PR News Desk 08/01/2024

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released a report, titled “CryptoGuard: An Asymmetric Approach to the Ransomware Battle,” which found that some of the most prolific and active ransomware groups, including Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal, Black Basta, are deliberately switching on remote encryption for their

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Cyber Risk is a Business Risk

PR News Desk 22/11/2023

Cybercrime tactics such as phishing and social engineering, commonly used to infect critical systems with malware or ransomware, have reached epidemic levels. And there are no signs of it slowing down. According to Statista, the global cost of cybercrime is expected to increase by nearly 70% over the next five years, growing to $13.82 trillion by […]

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CrowdStrike Revolutionizes Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses

PR News Desk 16/11/2023

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced a new, game-changing release of CrowdStrike Falcon® Go, delivering the cybersecurity protection that small and medium businesses need to stop ransomware attacks and prevent data breaches. With a few simple clicks, SMBs can quickly and easily deploy industry-leading protection to stop the modern cyberattacks that

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Positive Technologies: ransomware gangs threaten to publish victims’ data

PR News Desk 13/11/2023

Positive Technologies experts have presented a study of the Q3 2023 cybersecurity threatscape. The share of malware attacks remained unchanged from Q2 at 45%. The advent of decryption tools reduced the effect of encryption malware, causing its share to shrink. Ransomware gangs now threaten to publish stolen information without encrypting the compromised systems or

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Retail Organizations Attacked by Ransomware Increasingly Unable to Halt an Attack in Progress, Sophos Survey Finds

PR News Desk 09/11/2023

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today shared findings from its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Retail 2023,” which found that only 26% of retail organizations this past year were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before their data was encrypted. This is a three-year low […]

Cybersecurity

Acronis blocks 16.6 million phishing and malicious URLs in July 2023

Arnold Pinto 14/08/2023

The Acronis Cyber Protection Operation Centers (CPOC) blocked 16,591,252 phishing and malicious URLs in July 2023, a decrease of 10% compared to June 2023. Malicious URLs are a common tool for cybercriminals to deliver their payloads. Many attackers first install a small backdoor application and have it connect to a command-and-control (C2) server to receive […]

Tech

The Education Sector Reports the Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks, Sophos Survey Finds

News Desk 02/08/2023

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, released a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2023,” which found that education reported the highest rate of ransomware attacks in 2022. Over the past year, 79% of higher educational organizations surveyed reported being hit by ransomware, while 80% […]

Business

Menlo Security™ Redefines Browser Security with Industry-First AI-Powered Phishing and Ransomware Protection

Middle East News 247 02/08/2023

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Menlo Security, Inc. (“Menlo Security”), a leader in browser security, today announced HEAT Shield™ and HEAT Visibility™, the industry’s first suite of threat prevention capabilities designed to detect and block highly evasive threats targeting users via the web browser. Menlo Security HEAT Shield™ detects and blocks phishing attacks before they can

Tech

More Than Two-Thirds of Manufacturing Companies Hit by Ransomware Had Their Data Encrypted

News Desk 03/07/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – July 3, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service  today announced a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2023,” which found that in more than two-thirds (68%) of ransomware attacks against this sector, the adversaries successfully encrypted […]