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U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for…
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Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks
Ravie LakshmananJul 10, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e.,…
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GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Malware / Endpoint Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called GodDamn that employs the…
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ThreatsDay: Cloud Bucket Hijacking, Windows LPE Chain, Global Fraud Bust + 17 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Most security mess starts as admin work. A link gets clicked. A…
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New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented modular malware framework codenamed Avalon that’s distributed by means of a multi-stage phishing…
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AI-Generated Browser Ransomware Abuses Chromium API on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware artifact generated using DeepSeek that constructed a novel attack path combining “unrealistic browser-malware…
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SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-45659 Added to CISA KEV After Active Exploitation
Ravie LakshmananJul 02, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity…
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FortiBleed Credential Theft Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware Operations
The recently discovered financially-motivated FortiBleed campaign has been attributed to INC and Lynx ransomware operations, indicating that the verified, stolen…
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AI Agent Exploits Langflow RCE to Automate Database Ransomware Attack
Security firm Sysdig says it has found what it believes is the first ransomware attack run from start to finish by an…
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ThreatsDay: AI Compute Hijacking, Apple Email Flaw, BlueHammer Ransomware + 14 Stories
Ravie LakshmananJul 02, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News This week’s security news is mostly about weak spots. Browsers, bots, sandboxes,…