Evolution of Ransomware: Multi-Extortion Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware’s Real-World Impact Across Industries In February 2026, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC)fellvictim to a ransomware attack. The incident took the Epic electronic health record systemoffline across 35 clinics and more than 200 telehealth sites, forcing the cancellation of chemotherapy appointments and the postponement of non-emergency surgeries. Medical staff were required to revert […]

Man admits to locking thousands of Windows devices in extortion plot

A former core infrastructure engineer has pleaded guilty to locking Windows admins out of 254 servers as part of a failed extortion plot targeting his employer, an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey. According to court documents, 57-year-old Daniel Rhyne from Kansas City, Missouri, remotely accessed the company’s network without authorization using an […]

Residential proxies evaded IP reputation checks in 78% of 4B sessions

Researchers warn that residential proxies used to route malicious traffic are a big problem for IP reputation systems, as there is no clear distinction between attackers and legitimate users. This occurs because residential proxies are too short-lived, uninvolved, or systematically rotated, preventing defense systems from cataloging them in time. Cybersecurity intelligence platform GreyNoise determined this after examining a […]

Adversaries Exploit Vacant Homes to Intercept Mail in Hybrid Cybercrime

Fraud operations have expanded beyond traditional hacking techniques to include methods that exploit legitimate services and real-world infrastructure. By combining publicly available data, weak identity verification processes, and operational gaps, threat actors are building scalable fraud workflows that are both low-cost and difficult to detect. A tutorial shared in a fraud-focused chat group and analyzed […]