ransomware

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• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• guilty
• hacking
• incident response
• insurance
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Threats

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme...

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• Cynthia Kaiser
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• health care
• Healthcare
• House Homeland Security Committee
• law enforcement
• Lou Correa
• Michael Guest
• Policy
• ransomware
• State Department
• terrorism
• Treasury Department

Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop April 21, 2026

Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware...

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• Black Basta
• Conti
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• email bombing
• ransomware
• ReliaQuest
• remote access tool
• Research
• Russia
• Social engineering
• Threats

Black Basta’s playbook lives on as former affiliates launch fast-scale intrusion campaign

Cyber Scoop April 14, 2026

Black Basta’s playbook lives on as former affiliates launch...

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• Akira
• BianLian
• botnet
• business email compromise (BEC)
• critical infrastructure
• crypto
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breach
• data breaches
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Financial services
• Government
• health care
• IC3
• INC
• investment scams
• Malware
• manufacturing
• Money
• phishing
• PLAY
• Qilin
• ransomware
• Research
• Sextortion
• SIM swapping
• Tech support scams
• Threats

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025...

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• Akira
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• ransomware
• Research
• Threat Intelligence

Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data encryption in less than an hour

Cyber Scoop April 2, 2026

Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data...

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• JavaScript
• Malware
• ransomware
• supply chain attacks

Attack on axios software developer tool threatens widespread compromises

Cyber Scoop March 31, 2026

Attack on axios software developer tool threatens widespread compromises...

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• AI
• China
• Cyber Command
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Collaboration Center
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)
• National Security Agency
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• offensive cybersecurity
• Policy
• ransomware
• RSAC 2026 Conference
• Threats
• U.S. National Security Agency
• Vanderbilt University

Former NSA chiefs worry American offensive edge in cybersecurity is slipping

Cyber Scoop March 26, 2026

Former NSA chiefs worry American offensive edge in cybersecurity...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• ransomware
• Yanluowang

Russian access broker sentenced to over 6 years in prison for ransomware schemes

Cyber Scoop March 24, 2026

Russian access broker sentenced to over 6 years in...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• extortion
• insider threat
• ransomware
• Stolen data

North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom

Cyber Scoop March 19, 2026

North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack...

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• Cisco
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• exploit
• firewall
• firewalls
• hacking
• known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)
• ransomware
• Rapid7
• Research
• SD-WAN
• Threats
• VulnCheck
• vulnerabilities
• vulnerability disclosure
• Vulnerability Management
• vulnerability reporting
• Zero-day
• zero-days

Cisco’s latest vulnerability spree has a more troubling pattern underneath

Cyber Scoop March 18, 2026

Cisco’s latest vulnerability spree has a more troubling pattern...

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