Ransomware Gangs Extort Victims by Citing Compliance Violations
By Julia Mutzbauer, CSO Online
Ransomware actors are now targeting not only data, but increasingly also compliance gaps.
Ransomware attacks remain among the most common attack methods. As recent analyses show, cyber gangs are increasingly threatening their victims with reporting violations of regulations such as the GDPR to supervisory authorities. Researchers at the security provider Akamai have observed an increasing trend in this tactic over the past two years…
Read MoreCriminal Subscription Service Behind AI-Powered Cyber-Attacks Taken Out by Microsoft
By Danny Palmer, Infosecurity Magazine
A cybercriminal subscription services responsible for fraud campaigns causing millions of dollars in losses has been disrupted in coordinated action by Microsoft alongside legal partners in the US and, for the first time, the UK.
On Wednesday January 14, Microsoft announced it had seized the website and infrastructure of RedVDS, a platform which hosted cybercrime-as-a-service tools for phishing and fraud campaigns,…
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Cyber Fraud Overtakes Ransomware as Top CEO Concern
By Eduard Kovacs, Security Week
Ransomware remains the biggest concern for CISOs in 2026, according to WEF’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 report.
Cyber-enabled fraud has overtaken ransomware as the primary concern for CEOs, marking a major shift in how business leaders perceive digital risk, according to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday…
Read MoreResponding to a Data Breach
By FP Editors/Financial Poise, National Law Review
When a business gets the call that something has gone wrong with its data, the first instinct is usually panic.
Systems are slow, employees are confused, and leadership wants answers immediately. But as cybersecurity incidents become a routine part of modern business life, the difference between companies that survive and those that struggle in such situations often comes down to preparation and decision-making…
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