Posts Tagged ‘ransomware’
IDC Frontier Ransomware: One Cloud, 495 Customers
One ransomware attack on one cloud region has hit 495 companies and local governments in Japan at once. IDC Frontier, a SoftBank subsidiary, said its IDCF Cloud service was struck by ransomware on October 7 at 3:40 a.m. local time, forcing it to shut down the network and systems of its East Japan Region 1.…
Read MoreTop 5 Cybersecurity News
This week’s Top 5 Cybersecurity News for October 9, 2026 has one thing in common: nobody needed a new exploit. A credential campaign against Fortinet firewalls now locks owners out of their own devices and feeds ransomware affiliates. An open-source AI tool probed South Korean banks through employee-facing systems. ASOS customers received their breach announcement…
Read MoreSeptember 2026 Cybersecurity Roundup
This September 2026 Cybersecurity Roundup covers a month in which ransomware kept disrupting public services and critical infrastructure, while flaws in widely used network appliances created serious exposures of their own. Attacks hit German government and utility networks, and a misconfigured database exposed 220 million Vietnam-linked travel records. Below are the month’s key cyberattacks and…
Read MoreWarlock Ransomware SharePoint Attacks
Warlock ransomware SharePoint attacks have reached a water utility, a telecom provider, a regional government body and a university, according to Symantec and Carbon Black. The China-linked group still gets in through on-premises SharePoint, switches off endpoint protection on dozens of machines within about two hours, and then launches ransomware from a share that every…
Read MoreDACH Threat Landscape 2026: What SMEs Must Know
A ransomware incident can halt a production line, disrupt a logistics network or leave a clinic scrambling to access essential systems. Across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, those risks are no longer hypothetical. ENISA’s 2025 Threat Landscape report names ransomware as the most disruptive and economically damaging activity in the EU, while hacktivist activity, most of…
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