Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report noted a 37% increase in ransomware attacks and a 34% increase in exploited vulnerabilities.| CyberScoop
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 says that in the cases it worked, the average demand was up 144% and average payment was up 78%.| CyberScoop
Ransomware groups last year achieved lateral movement within an average of 48 minutes after gaining initial access to targeted environments, threat intelligence experts said.| CyberScoop
A burst of global law enforcement actions during the past few weeks marked by a flurry of successful takedowns gives cybercrime experts a jolt of hope.| CyberScoop
The latest smishing scam follows a familiar process as ones the industry has seen over the past decade.| CyberScoop
The network security device vendor is making a regular appearance on CISA’s known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. Unlike its competitors, SonicWall hasn’t signed the secure-by-design pledge.| CyberScoop
Mandiant said exploits were the most common initial access vector last year, linking software defects to 1 in 3 attacks. The most commonly exploited vulnerabilities affected network edge devices.| CyberScoop
Exploited vulnerabilities have turned up in Ivanti products 16 times since 2024. That’s more than any other vendor in the network edge device space.| CyberScoop
A new report reveals how North Korea has built a global cybercrime syndicate, blending statecraft and criminal tactics.| CyberScoop
Global law enforcement authorities and Microsoft seized or disrupted the prolific infostealer’s central command infrastructure, malicious domains and marketplaces where the malware was sold.| CyberScoop
The successful break-up of DanaBot marks the second high-profile law enforcement disruption of a widespread malware operation in as many days.| CyberScoop
Three insurance companies have publicly disclosed cyberattacks in the past week. Scattered Spider, an amorphous band of cybercriminals, has been actively targeting the sector.| CyberScoop
A pair of AI tools advertised on hacking forums were developed using commercial AI models from xAI and Mistral, according to Cato Networks.| CyberScoop
Multiple U.S.-based companies in the insurance sector have already been hit over the past week and a half, according to Mandiant.| CyberScoop
The cybercrime marketplace was used by more than 117,000 customers and trafficked more than 15 million credit card numbers since March 2022, the Justice Department said.| CyberScoop