Ransomware
NEWS ROUNDUP – 15th April 2026
Microsoft fixed an exploited SharePoint zero-day among 165 flaws, Adobe patched critical Acrobat bugs, and Basic-Fit disclosed a breach affecting about one million members. Investigators traced mailbox compromises hitting Ukrainian prosecutors, while authorities froze stolen cryptocurrency in Operation Atlantic. Regulators and central bankers also escalated scrutiny of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview and its cybersecurity implications for financial stability and resilience.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 10th April 2026
Ransomware at ChipSoft disrupted Dutch hospitals, while Signature Healthcare diverted ambulances after a cyberattack. UK authorities linked router hijacking to a Russian military unit, and Northern Ireland schools faced network outages. Treasury launched crypto threat sharing, the NCA froze $12 million in scam proceeds, and NIST advanced AI risk guidance for critical infrastructure operators amid rising supplier and mobile exposure.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 8th April 2026
CISA, FBI and NSA warned that Iranian-linked actors are targeting internet-connected PLCs in U.S. critical infrastructure, while a Massachusetts hospital diverted ambulances after a cyberattack. Investigators tracked cloud data theft to abused authentication tokens after a SaaS integrator breach, and the DOJ disrupted a GRU-linked DNS hijacking botnet as NIST advanced an AI risk profile for critical infrastructure operators broadly.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 23rd March 2026
Google reported access-to-operator handoffs dropping to 22 seconds, while Trio-Tech disclosed ransomware at its Singapore unit and Oracle shipped an emergency patch for a critical Fusion Middleware flaw. Europol said 373,000 dark web sites were shut down, and U.S. authorities sentenced facilitators tied to North Korean remote-worker infiltration and a separate business email compromise scheme targeting victims across borders globally.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 13th March 2026
Microsoft’s March patch cycle fixed 93 flaws, while CISA warned on Siemens SIDIS Prime in critical infrastructure. Stryker reported manufacturing and shipping disruption after a cyberattack, Albania’s parliament suspended internal email, INTERPOL said 45,000 malicious IPs were taken down, and the U.S. sanctioned facilitators of North Korean IT-worker fraud targeting businesses and remote hiring channels across multiple regions this week.
