Spirals Ransomware: From First Foothold to Full Encryption in Under 24 Hours
A newly identified ransomware strain called Spirals encrypted an entire IT services company's network in South Asia within a single day, using an IIS web shell, tunneling tools,...
Coca-Cola’s Fairlife Brand Halts US Production After Ransomware Hits Manufacturing Systems
Coca-Cola disclosed in an SEC filing that its Fairlife dairy subsidiary suffered a ransomware attack that forced a temporary halt of US production, while Canadian operations continued unaffected....
The Gentlemen Ransomware: Custom EDR/AV Killers Fuel Rapid Global Expansion
The Gentlemen ransomware group, tracked by Microsoft as Storm-2697, has claimed over 500 victims in 70+ countries using a custom EDR/AV-killing toolkit called GentleKiller and a self-propagating worm...
SEO-Poisoned Bing Search Delivers BumbleBee Loader and Akira Ransomware to Enterprise Network
An IT administrator searching Bing for ManageEngine OpManager was redirected to a trojanized installer, triggering a 44-hour intrusion that ended with Akira ransomware deployed network-wide and 75GB of...
Bajaj Auto Confirms Ransomware Attack — Both Parent Company and Tech Subsidiary Affected
Bajaj Auto disclosed a ransomware attack on June 23, 2026, affecting systems at the company and its subsidiary BATL. The firm has notified CERT-In and is working to...
Prinz Eugen Ransomware Uses RemotePC RMM and PowerShell Stagers to Evade Detection
A new ransomware group is deploying the Go-based Prinz Eugen ransomware by abusing legitimate remote management software (RemotePC) and PowerShell stagers. The campaign has already hit major financial...
GentleKiller: Inside the Ransomware Framework Disabling 400+ EDR Security Products
ESET researchers have exposed GentleKiller, the in-house EDR-killing framework of the Gentlemen ransomware gang, capable of disabling over 400 security processes across 48 products using BYOVD kernel driver...
CISA Adds Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day CVE-2026-35273 to KEV Catalog After Ransomware Gang Exploitation
CISA has added a critical Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability (CVE-2026-35273) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after confirming active exploitation in ransomware campaigns. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to...