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OFAC Sanctions Illicit VPN Providers: Detecting and Blocking Ransomware Infrastructure
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently sanctioned two individuals and one entity for their role in ...
Ryuk Encryption Attack: Guilty Plea Highlights Need for Detection and Hardening
Introduction The recent extradition of an Armenian national from Ukraine and his subsequent guilty plea for his involvement in the infamous ...
Ryuk Affiliate Conviction: Active Defense Against Manual Big Game Hunting TTPs
Introduction The recent guilty plea of Armenian national Karen Serobovich Vardanyan for his role in the Ryuk ransomware attacks between 2019...
Odido Data Breach: Detecting Large-Scale PII Exfiltration in Telecom Environments
Odido Data Breach: Detecting Large-Scale PII Exfiltration in Telecom Environments Introduction Recent reports indicate that Dutch police sus...
2026 Ransomware Surge: Qilin Leads Relentless Wave of 9,000+ Confirmed Encryption Attacks
2026 Ransomware Surge: Qilin Leads Relentless Wave of 9,000+ Confirmed Encryption Attacks Introduction The narrative that ransomware is mere...
GigaWiper: Analysis and Defense Against Hybrid Wiper-Encryption Attacks
In 2026, threat actors continue to refine destructive payloads designed to render environments unrecoverable. The emergence of "GigaWiper" m...
Canada Disrupts Encryption-Based Ops: Ransomware Detection and Hardening
Introduction This week in cybersecurity highlights a critical convergence of threats: the breach of a DHS database, a massive data breach at...
Insider Threat Defense: Detecting Ransomware Negotiator Compromise
Insider Threat Defense: Detecting Ransomware Negotiator Compromise Introduction The sentencing of a former DigitalMint employee to 70 months...
GigaWiper: Analysis and Defense Against the 2026 Modular Wiper Platform
GigaWiper: Analysis and Defense Against the 2026 Modular Wiper Platform On July 9, 2026, Microsoft Security published a detailed analysis of...