Payload Ransomware Group Hits Egyptian Oil Giant WASCO in Double-Extortion Attack
The Payload ransomware group has claimed a cyberattack against El Wastani Petroleum Company (WASCO), a major Egyptian oil and gas operator, using a double-extortion model that threatens to...
LockBit 5.0 Ransomware-as-a-Service Platform Claims 207 Victims After Criminal Relaunch
LockBit has relaunched with a new LockBit 5.0 Ransomware-as-a-Service platform, already claiming 207 victims across manufacturing, healthcare, government, and construction sectors. The upgrade demonstrates the resilience of RaaS...
Handala Targeting Israel’s Tech & Aerospace with Doxing and Financial Incentives
A recent shift in the geopolitically motivated cyber landscape has raised serious concerns as the Handala hacker group launches a targeted campaign against Israeli high-tech and aerospace professionals....
Oracle hit: Clop’s Zero-Day exploit leaves tech giant exposed
Yesterday, the cybersecurity world was rocked by news of a potentially massive breach targeting Oracle. The notorious Clop ransomware gang has publicly claimed responsibility for compromising the tech...
Akira: a CAPTCHA breach unravels enterprise security
The recent escalation of attacks attributed to the Howling Scorpius ransomware group has highlighted a chillingly simple, yet devastatingly effective, entry vector. While often touted as the vanguard...
Ransomware attack in MathWorks outage that paralyzed MATLAB
When the world’s engineers, scientists, and students logged in to MATLAB on May 18, 2025, many were met with silence—a digital void where powerful tools once lived. What...
3AM Ransomware: sophisticated social engineering and technical evasion in modern attacks
The recent campaign attributed to a 3AM ransomware affiliate, as reported by BleepingComputer, highlights a significant evolution in ransomware operators’ tactics—blending advanced social engineering with technical subterfuge to...
JPEG image FUD ransomware: a way to evades antivirus solutions
In a concerning development for cybersecurity professionals, threat actors have begun leveraging a novel Fully UnDetectable (FUD) ransomware attack technique that utilizes seemingly benign JPEG image files as...