Ransomware crews are moving from encryption to pure extortion
Why bother locking files when stealing them and threatening publication pays just as well with less effort?
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Why bother locking files when stealing them and threatening publication pays just as well with less effort?
The vendor shipped a patch in October. Telemetry suggests intrusions began in early summer.
More than half of logins on several large consumer platforms now use passkeys instead of passwords.
A build tool used by thousands of projects shipped a backdoored release in 2024. It was found by accident.
Alert volume keeps climbing. The teams that cope have stopped trying to read everything.
A cloned executive voice authorised a seven-figure transfer. The controls that failed were procedural, not technical.
Rust components now ship in mainstream operating systems, and the bug counts tell the story.
Criminal marketplaces sell subscription toolkits with templates, hosting and a help desk. The barrier to entry is gone.
Most work now happens in a tab. Most security tooling still watches the operating system.
A detailed look at the playbook, the mistakes and the one decision that saved the imaging systems.
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