China-Linked Hackers Deploy New StormEncryptor Ransomware, Likely via N-central Flaw
Ravie LakshmananAug 10, 2026Ransomware / Cybercrime
Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor.
The use of...
Ransom Cartel Creator Gets 16 Years in Prison for Operating Ransomware-as-a-Service
Swati KhandelwalAug 06, 2026Ransomware / Cybercrime
A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the...
ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananAug 06, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
Apparently, opening the thing is now enough. A repo can run before the first prompt, a package can hide among hundreds, and...
INC Ransomware Emerges as Dominant Actor Exploiting SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaws
Ravie LakshmananAug 03, 2026Vulnerability / Cybercrime
The INC Ransomware operation has emerged as the "dominant threat actor" exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000...
Hackers Exploit AnySign4PC via Hacked Korean Sites to Install Backdoors Without Prompts
South Korean authorities and four security firms have disclosed a state-sponsored campaign that compromised trusted domestic websites. The attackers used those sites to exploit locally installed financial-security software and...
ThreatsDay: AI-Powered Hacking, 370 Chrome Flaws, SonicWall Attacks, DNS Hijacking + 22 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananJul 30, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
A lot of security still comes down to trusting the wrong screen.
This week, that screen might be a login page, an install...
73% of Organizations Say They Are Not Fully Ready for a Major Cyberattack
Most organizations have incident response plans, security tools, and technical teams in place. Yet new research suggests that many still lack the coordination, visibility, and executive alignment needed to...
24,650 Internet-Exposed BMCs Disclose IPMI Password Hashes Before Login
Cybersecurity researchers have sounded an alert after finding more than 36,000 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) management interfaces exposing Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) protocol to the public internet.
Of the...
DevMan RaaS Portal Centralizes Payload Builds, Victim Management, and Affiliate Payouts
The operators of the DevMan ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are maintaining a dedicated web platform that offers affiliates the ability to build payloads, oversee earnings, and manage various aspects related...
Cl0p Affiliates Target Internet-Exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM with Unauthenticated RCE
Ravie LakshmananJul 25, 2026Vulnerability / Ransomware
Threat actors linked to the Cl0p (aka Chubby Scorpius, FIN11, Graceful Spider, and Lace Tempest) ransomware campaign are exploiting flaws in internet-exposed PTC Windmill and...
