Trump Memo Paves Way for U.S. Firms to Hack and Disrupt Foreign Crime Groups
Ravie LakshmananAug 14, 2026Cybercrime / Offensive Operation
A new White House memo signed by U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed the National Coordination Center (NCC) to establish a program that...
ThreatsDay: GhostJacking AI Attacks, EtherHiding ClickFix, Cursor CLI Flaw + 17 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananAug 13, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
Some weeks have one big security story. Others bring many smaller updates that are easy to miss but still matter. This week...
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy Flaws to Breach Networks
Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world.
Targets of these attacks include healthcare...
Enterprise Defenses Recovered at the Edge and Collapsed Inside
Enterprise defenses are tuned to catch the attacks that make noise. This year's data shows attackers winning by making none.
According to Picus Labs' new Blue Report 2026, which measured...
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet and Schneider Electric Flaws to Breach Networks
Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world.
Targets of these attacks include healthcare...
DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt
The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience.
"Its recovery ecosystem...
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...
