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Ransomware leak sites listed 7,366 victims over the past year. That is 3% fewer than the year before. But… The data taken from those victims tells a different story. Among the 10 groups that leaked the most, combined exfiltration volume rose 275.8% to 896.2 terabytes. Several groups averaged more than a terabyte per victim. Those … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover shut down its own global IT systems on 2 September 2025. Production stopped at three UK plants building roughly 1,000 vehicles a day, and stayed stopped for more than five weeks. The UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre rated it a Category 3 systemic event, put the financial impact at £1.9bn ($2.5bn), and counted … Read more
Security leaders trust AI with almost nothing. Their carriers approved ransom payments in half the cases where money moved. A third party made the payment decision in half of the ransomware cases where a ransom got paid. Arctic Wolf names the cyber insurer as the example. The finding sits on page 13 of the company’s … Read more
Ransomware had another worst year on record, which now reads less like a warning than a renewal notice. Black Kite counted 7,551 publicly disclosed ransomware victims in the year to March 31, 2026. That runs 24.9% above the prior period. The annual figure hides the shape of the year. Disclosures tracked close to the prior … Read more
Bitdefender’s Antispam Lab has flagged a ransomware campaign aimed squarely at small businesses. The emails impersonate Interpol. They claim investigators hold evidence of company wrongdoing. The attached “evidence” is malware. The campaign is worth an underwriter’s attention for one reason. The ransomware is basic. The social engineering carrying it is not. How the Scam Works … Read more