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Iran’s MuddyWater hackers adopted Chaos ransomware branding to disguise espionage operations and confuse attribution

When a ransomware attack locks files and drops a payment demand, most security teams reach for the same playbook: isolate the damage, restore from backups, and figure out whether to negotiate. But a ...
AndroGuider

Grafana Labs Stands Firm Against Ransomware Threats: A Look into the Code Theft Incident

AndroGuider is a blog where you can scoop your daily need of tech information with some dose of special reviews and custom ...
Dark Reading

Ransomware Attacks Fall by Almost Half in Q2

July 23, 2025 – Despite a record-breaking start to the year, June was the fourth month in a row in which ransomware attacks dropped globally, declining by 6% with 371 cases. Q2 as a whole experienced ...
Business Wire

Sygnia First to Link Two Ransomware Groups to Larger Chinese Threat Actor, Dubbed ‘Emperor Dragonfly’

In a new report, Sygnia’s Incident Response (IR) team connects Night Sky and Cheerscrypt activity to one unified threat group targeting Windows and VMWare ESXi environments TEL AVIV, Israel & NEW YORK ...
Bleeping Computer

U.S. seizes $2.8 million in crypto from Zeppelin ransomware operator

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from suspected ransomware operator Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. Antropenko, indicted in Texas ...
Bleeping Computer

From Cipher to Fear: The psychology behind modern ransomware extortion

For years, security teams treated ransomware as a technological problem. Security teams hardened backup systems, deployed endpoint detection, practiced incident response playbooks built around data ...