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ransomware

Hybrid Threats at Sea: Ransomware, GPS Spoofing, and State-Linked Attacks Escalate Against Maritime Communications

Hybrid attacks are hitting navigation and port systems harder than ever — from ransomware to GPS spoofing — threatening safety, operations, and global trade.

ransomware

Q4 2025 Threat Priorities: Ransomware Surge, Regulatory Volatility, and Geopolitical Disruption in US Tech, Finance, and Education

Three converging trends—ransomware, volatile regulations, and global instability—are reshaping risk for US tech, finance, and education. The common thread? Disruption spreads faster than most organizations can detect or respond.

heartcrypt

HeartCrypt Packer-as-a-Service: Accelerating Malware Evasion and EDR Bypass in Ransomware Campaigns

In the last 90 days, HeartCrypt-packed ransomware has evaded initial SOC detection in up to 40% of targeted incidents. Attackers no longer waste time building stealth — they rent it. HeartCrypt’s PaaS delivers EDR-kill tools, sandbox evasion, and polymorphic payloads at industrial scale.

romcom

RomCom’s WinRAR Exploit: Persistent Startup Folder Attacks and Encrypted C2 Exfiltration Targeting Critical Sectors

Russian-linked RomCom is abusing a critical WinRAR bug to quietly persist in networks, move laterally, and siphon data over encrypted channels — hitting government, finance, and telecom sectors hard. Patch lag is keeping doors wide open.

storm-2603

Storm-2603: Hybrid Espionage and Ransomware Operations Exploiting SharePoint ToolShell Vulnerabilities

Storm-2603 is a China-based threat actor, first identified in 2025, leveraging a hybrid operational model that combines espionage tactics with financially motivated ransomware deployment. The group is distinct from, but shares some infrastructure and tooling with, other Chinese APTs such as...

ransomware

Akira Ransomware: Conti Lineage, VPN Exploitation, and Double Extortion at Scale

Akira ransomware, first observed in March 2023, is attributed to a financially motivated cybercrime group composed of former Conti affiliates. The group operates a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, reusing code and infrastructure from Conti, and has been responsible for...

unc3944

Hypervisor Ransomware: CVE-2024-37085, AD Abuse, and the Escalating Threat to VMware ESXi Environments

Ransomware groups—including BlackCat/ALPHV, Black Basta, RansomHub, and Dark Angels—are increasingly targeting VMware ESXi and similar virtualization platforms using advanced hypervisor-level attack techniques. The exploitation of CVE-2024-37085..

storm-2603

Storm-2603: SharePoint Zero-Day Exploitation and Warlock Ransomware—A Hybrid Financial and Espionage Threat

Storm-2603 is a China-based, financially motivated threat actor first identified in early 2025, responsible for a global campaign exploiting critical Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-53770, CVE-2025-49706, CVE-2025-49704).

unc6148

Overstep Rootkit: UNC6148’s Persistent Exploitation of End-of-Life SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances

UNC6148, a financially motivated threat actor tracked by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), has been actively exploiting fully patched but end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances since at least October 2024...

darkwatchman

DarkWatchMan and Hive0117: Fileless Malware Evolution Targeting Russian Critical Infrastructure

DarkWatchMan is a fileless, modular malware family first observed in late 2021 and attributed to the financially motivated Hive0117 group. The malware is primarily delivered via spear-phishing emails containing password-protected archives, targeting Russian critical infrastructure (energy, etc).

psloramyra

PSLoramyra Fileless Loader: Advanced YARA Detection, Memory Forensics, and Cross-Platform Threat Evolution

PSLoramyra represents a sophisticated fileless malware loader employing advanced obfuscation and stealth techniques to evade detection and maintain persistence. The latest detection strategies center on a suite of YARA rules designed to identify HEX-encoded..

dark-partners

Dark Partners: Multi-Platform Crypto Theft via Fake AI, VPN, and Software Sites

Dark Partners is a financially motivated cybercrime group active since at least May 2025, orchestrating large-scale cryptocurrency theft campaigns through a sophisticated infrastructure of fake websites mimicking AI tools, VPN services, crypto wallets, and widely used software brands.