The State of Ransomware 2025
Explore the causes and consequences of ransomware in 2025 based on findings from a vendor-agnostic survey of 3,400 organizations hit by ransomware in the last year.
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Bys sDara Kerr reports: DeepSeek said its newly popular app was hit with a cyber-attack on Monday, which forced the Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations. The attack came after the DeepSeek AI assistant app soared to the top of Apple’s App Store, becoming the highest rated free app in the US, and climbed high in Google’s Play…
Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content
Bys sZack Whittaker reports: Meta has fixed a security bug that allowed Meta AI chatbot users to access and view the private prompts and AI-generated responses of other users. Sandeep Hodkasia, the founder of security testing firm AppSecure, exclusively told TechCrunch that Meta paid him $10,000 in a bug bounty reward for privately disclosing the bug…
Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks
Bys sMicrosoft on Sunday released security patches for an actively exploited security flaw in SharePoint and also released details of another vulnerability that it said has been addressed with “more robust protections.” The tech giant acknowledged it’s “aware of active attacks targeting on-premises SharePoint Server customers by exploiting vulnerabilities partially addressed by the July Security
GlassWorm Malware Uses Solana Dead Drops to Deliver RAT and Steal Browser, Crypto Data
Bys sCybersecurity researchers have flagged a new evolution of the GlassWorm campaign that delivers a multi-stage framework capable of comprehensive data theft and installing a remote access trojan (RAT), which deploys an information-stealing Google Chrome extension masquerading as an offline version of Google Docs. “It logs keystrokes, dumps cookies and session tokens, captures screenshots, and
70% of healthcare cyberattacks result in delayed patient care, report finds
Bys sChad Van Alstin reports: Last year, 92% of all healthcare organizations—systems, hospitals, and provider groups—were targeted by a cyberattack, according to a new report from vendor Fortified Health Security. Further, 70% of those that reported experiencing an incident said patient care was impacted in some form, signaling that even an unsuccessful data breach can result in…
CISA loses key employee behind early ransomware warnings
Bys sEric Geller reports: A Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency program that warns organizations about imminent ransomware attacks has suffered a major setback after its lead staffer left the agency rather than take a forced reassignment. David Stern, the driving force behind CISA’s Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative (PRNI) — through which the agency alerts organizations that ransomware……