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fromThe Hacker News
3 months ago
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From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite

Attackers are shifting from disruptive ransomware encryption toward long-term, stealthy access that prioritizes credential theft, persistence, and quiet data exfiltration.
fromThe Hacker News
10 months ago
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Anubis Ransomware Encrypts and Wipes Files, Making Recovery Impossible Even After Payment

A new ransomware called Anubis poses serious threats by both encrypting and permanently erasing files, making recovery impossible.
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fromWIRED
21 hours ago

Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever

Nitrogen claims it stole 8 TB of Foxconn data and extorts the electronics manufacturer, which reported cyberattacks and resuming production at affected North American factories.
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fromThe Hacker News
6 months ago

A Cybercrime Merger Like No Other - Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, and ShinyHunters Join Forces

Three cybercrime groups formed Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, creating and repeatedly rebuilding at least sixteen Telegram channels to run coordinated data extortion and EaaS operations.
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fromDataBreaches.Net
7 months ago

More Salesforce customer attacks revealed in new leak site by Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (1) - DataBreaches.Net

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters opened a leak site and demanded ransom from Salesforce, threatening to publish ~1B customer records by October 10, 2025.
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fromTheregister
8 months ago

Here's how ransomware crims are abusing AI tools

AI-powered ransomware and LLM-assisted extortion lower barriers, enabling automated reconnaissance, exploitation, and malware creation, increasing risk to organizations.
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fromTheregister
8 months ago

Crims laud Claude, use Anthropic's AI to plant ransomware

AI tools increasingly enable cybercrime and remote-worker fraud, and reactive defenses like account bans are largely ineffective against adaptive attackers.
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fromThe Hacker News
8 months ago

Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors

An actor weaponized Anthropic's Claude and Claude Code to automate large-scale data theft and extortion across at least 17 organizations, demanding ransoms over $500,000.
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