Hacker Unknown now known, named on Europol’s most-wanted list
German police have pinned a name to one of the world’s most notorious hackers. Danii Shchukin operated under the names of UNKN or Unknown and GandCrab and wa...
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Ransomware attack on ChipSoft knocks EHR services offline across hospitals in the Netherlands and Belgium
Dutch healthcare IT firm ChipSoft suffered a ransomware attack, forcing services and its HiX platform offline, impacting hospitals and patients. ChipSoft, a ...
Just Three Ransomware Gangs Accounted for 40% of Attacks Last Month
Qilin, Akira and Dragonforce were responsible for 40% of 672 ransomware incidents reported in March, says Check Point
Dutch hospitals face disruptions after ransomware attack on software provider ChipSoft
A ransomware attack on Dutch healthcare software vendor ChipSoft has forced the company to disable parts of its digital services used by hospitals and patien...
Healthcare IT solutions provider ChipSoft hit by ransomware attack
Dutch healthcare software vendor ChipSoft has been impacted by a ransomware attack that forced the company to take offline its website and digital services f...
Dutch healthcare software vendor ChipSoft hit by ransomware attack
The cyberattack, confirmed by Z-CERT, the Netherlands' computer emergency response team for healthcare, occurred on April 7, 2026.
Claude helps researcher dig up decade-old Apache ActiveMQ RCE vulnerability (CVE-2026-34197)
In the latest demonstration of how AI assistants can help with bug hunting, Horizon3.ai researcher Naveen Sunkavally used Claude to unearth CVE-2026-34197, a...
Malaysia faces structural shift in cyber threats
Malaysia's cyber threat landscape is undergoing a significant structural transformation as rapid digitization across critical sectors outpaces defensive capa...
Storm-1175 Deploys Medusa Ransomware Within 24 Hours of Flaw Disclosure
Microsoft researchers have uncovered a fast-moving group, Storm-1175, launching high-speed Medusa ransomware attacks against healthcare and education sectors...
What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract
In this Help Net Security interview, Kumar Ravi is the Chief Security & Resilience Officer at TMF Group, argues that over-privileged access and weak workflow...
Ransomware reimagined: Why containment alone is no longer enough
Stopping a ransomware attack is less important than the ability to recover quickly, a group of CISOs agreed.
Cyber-enabled fraud, ransomware losses spike, FBI reports
Americans were noted by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center to have reported significantly higher losses from increasingly prevalent cyber-enabled frau...
Medusa Ransomware Fast to Exploit Vulnerabilities, Breached Systems
The group is using zero-days, quickly weaponizes fresh bugs, and exfiltrates and encrypts data within days of initial access. The post Medusa Ransomware Fast...
Microsoft says Medusa-linked Storm-1175 is speeding ransomware attacks
Microsoft has warned that Storm-1175, a cybercrime group linked to Medusa ransomware, is exploiting vulnerable web-facing systems in fast-moving attacks, at ...
Storm-1175 Exploits Flaws in High-Velocity Medusa Attacks
Microsoft has released a new report about the Storm-1175 group and its connection to Medusa ransomware
German Police Unmask REvil Ransomware Leader
Shchukin is accused of extorting more than $2 million as the head of the GandCrab and REvil ransomware operations. The post German Police Unmask REvil Ransom...
Microsoft Warns Storm-1175 Exploiting Web-Facing Vulnerabilities to Deploy Medusa Ransomware
Microsoft is warning that a fast‑moving threat actor it tracks as Storm‑1175 is aggressively exploiting vulnerabilities in internet‑exposed systems to delive...
German authorities identify REvil and GangCrab ransomware bosses
The Federal Police in Germany (BKA) has identified two Russian nationals as the leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware operations between 2019 and 2021. [.
German authorities identify REvil and GandCrab ransomware bosses
The Federal Police in Germany (BKA) has identified two Russian nationals as the leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware operations between 2019 and 2021. [.
German police unmask two suspects linked to REvil ransomware gang
The suspects were named as Daniil Shchukin, a 31-year-old Russian national believed to have used the alias UNKN (UNKNOWN), and Anatoly Kravchuk, a 43-year-ol...