In the landscape of cybercrime investigations, some cases take on particular significance not only because of the extent of the financial damage, but also because of the profile of the...
According to a recently released report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) , global ransomware activity peaked in 2023, only to plummet in 2024. This decline is attributed to...
American aviation and defense components manufacturer ADC Aerospace has found itself in the spotlight due to a possible cyber attack by the Play ransomware group, which appeared on their blog...
Three former DigitalMint employees, who investigated ransomware incidents and negotiated with ransomware groups, are accused of hacking into the networks of five American companies. According to the U.S. Department of...
In early October 2025, Microsoft stopped a large malicious operation attributed to the Vanilla Tempest group, revoking more than 200 digital certificates used to fraudulently sign Microsoft Teams installation files....
Ransomware continues to represent one of the most pervasive and damaging threats in the global cybersecurity landscape. In the regular "DarkMirror" report produced by Red Hot Cyber's DarkLab intelligence laboratory,...
Microsoft is raising the alarm: the Storm-0501 cybercriminal group has evolved. No more "traditional" attacks on on-premise machines, no more ransomware that encrypts local files. Now the threat is moving...
By Cyber Defense Center Maticmind (Andrea Mariucci, Riccardo Michetti, Federico Savastano, Ada Spinelli) The Scattered Spider threat actor, UNC9344, made its appearance in 2022 with two targeted attacks on Caesars...
During our reconnaissance into the underground world and criminal groups conducted by Red Hot Cyber's threat intelligence laboratory DarkLab, we stumbled upon a Data Leak Site of a cyber gang...
This is the last episode of “The Story Of Conti Ransomware” series, we would finally reach the decline of the group and what this means for the current ransomware landscape....