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Ransomware is no longer a niche threat.  It shows up across industries, company sizes, and geographies but some groups remain far more exposed than others.  Ransomware appeared in 44% of breaches analyzed in Verizon’s 2025 DBIR executive summary, up from 32% the previous year.  This sharp rise confirms ransomware’s growing role as a primary breach driver rather than a secondary payload.[1]

Ransomware was a component of 39% of breaches in larger organizations, showing that even mature security pr

Cyber threat analysts recently uncovered a new variant of the TrickBot malware that relies on new anti-analysis techniques, an updated method for downloading its payload as well as adopting minor changes to the integration of its components.  TrickBot is a module-based malware that, while first identified as a banking trojan, has gradually extended its functions to include collecting credentials from a victim’s emails, browsers and installed network apps.  The malware has also evolved to send sp