Ransomware attacks have increased dramatically during the second quarter of 2026, with undisclosed incidents surging 40% year-on-year, according to BlackFog's latest State of Ransomware Report. The cybersecurity firm documented 2,027 undisclosed attacks in Q2 2026, compared with 1,446 during the same period in 2025. The report, which provides comprehensive analysis of both publicly disclosed and undisclosed ransomware attacks worldwide, also recorded 306 publicly disclosed attacks during the q
datatheft (4)
German and US law enforcement have taken down the core infrastructure of Kratos, described by German investigators as one of the world's most widely used criminal phishing kits, and Indonesian authorities arrested the man they say developed and ran it. In a joint announcement on 20 July 2026, the Frankfurt public prosecutor's cybercrime unit (ZIT) and Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said they pulled more than 200 servers offline. Investigators estimate roughly 1,800 paying custo
Google has warned that ransomware gangs are reinventing their business models as traditional encryption-based attacks become less profitable and data-theft extortion surges. According to new analysis, better cybersecurity controls, improved backup strategies, and stronger recovery capabilities mean more victims can restore their systems without paying, directly eroding criminal revenue. However, threat actors are not retreating; they are adapting their methods to make operations harder to disr
Bridewell, a UK-based cybersecurity services company, has released its latest CTI Annual Report, a comprehensive deep dive into ransomware trends. It highlighted a significant shift in attack strategies, payment dynamics, and threat actor behaviors, revealing that data theft and extortion have overtaken traditional encryption-only ransomware as the most successful approach for attackers. While encryption-based attacks tend to result in larger individual ransom payments, often due to the urgenc
