The State of Ransomware in Retail 2025

Not content with attacking retailers, this aggressive group is fighting a turf war with other ransomware operators

If you’re using community tools like Chocolatey or Winget to keep systems updated, you’re not alone. These platforms are fast, flexible, and easy to work with—making them favorites for IT teams. But there’s a catch… The very tools that make your job easier might also be the reason your systems are at risk. These tools…

Last week, it appeared that Clinical Diagnostics (“Eurofins”) had paid a gang’s demands not to leak patient data that Nova had exfiltrated during a ransomware attack in July. Clinical Diagnostics in the Netheralands held patient data on 485,000 Dutch women in a cervical cancer screening program. Nova confirmed the payment to a Dutch news outlet…….

Richmond University Medical Center has been investigating a ransomware attack since May 2023 and it recently determined that it affects 670,000 people.  The post New York Hospital Says Ransomware Attack Data Breach Impacts 670,000 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Active Directory remains the authentication backbone for over 90% of Fortune 1000 companies. AD’s importance has grown as companies adopt hybrid and cloud infrastructure, but so has its complexity. Every application, user, and device traces back to AD for authentication and authorization, making it the ultimate target. For attackers, it represents the holy grail: compromise Active

AI agents are no longer just writing code. They are executing it. Tools like Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex can now build, test, and deploy software end-to-end in minutes. That speed is reshaping engineering—but it’s also creating a security gap most teams don’t see until something breaks. Behind every agentic workflow sits a layer few…