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Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report—although half of those often negotiate the payment down first

Bad news, our data is being held hostage for money. Good news, I've got them down to a fairer price.

PC Gamer

Fake Go DNS scanner spread malware through over 200 GitHub repos — 'Operation Muck and Load' has published 700 malicious modules since January

The module published its first version on January 24 this year and has since accumulated more than 1,200 versions.

Tom’s Hardware

AI risks spark 30% surge in India cybersecurity spends as enterprises ramp up defences

Corporate India is witnessing a significant surge in cybersecurity spending, up 30% year-on-year, as businesses race to safeguard data and AI systems. Even traditionally less-invested sectors like manufacturing are digitizing aggressively. This trend, driven by AI's expanding attack surface and increasing regulatory pressure from bodies like CERT-In, is making cybersecurity…

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'Mainstream malware now regularly affects macOS users' — inside the relentless rise of the AMOS infostealer, one of the most dangerous macOS malware ever developed

AMOS malware spreads on macOS through social engineering, stealing credentials while researchers debate whether its threat level is truly novel.

TechRadar

'The detection surface is significantly reduced': Sophos report warns new "WantToCry" ransomware could pose a major risk to your business, here's what we know

WantToCry operators are asking for change, compared to other ransomware players.

TechRadar

“Essentially invisible:” How hackers 'trojan-horsed' QEMU virtual machines to bypass security and drop ransomware

Hackers hide ransomware tools inside virtual machines using QEMU, allowing attacks to bypass security controls and remain largely invisible.

TechRadar

I put Apple’s new macOS ClickFix warnings to the test and they actually worked — now I want them on Windows too

Apple now shows a warning before pasting anything that could be dangerous in macOS Tahoe 26.4 to help keep you safe from ClickFix attacks.

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'The prevailing wisdom used to be that macOS was at lower risk of malware infection compared to Windows...that’s no longer the case': Experts warn Mac infostealers are on the rise - here's how to stay safe

Three distinct campaigns recently spotted by Sophos, all targeting MacOS users with infostealers.

TechRadar

The digital battleground: How cyber attacks will shape the Israel-Iran conflict

Israel, Iran, and the US are engaged in a rapidly escalating cyber conflict that targets each other’s governments, militaries and critical infrastructure.

Euronews

Batten down the hatches - ransomware attacks are increasingly targeting firewalls, experts claim

Make sure to secure your firewalls - or face the risk of ransomware attack.

TechRadar

Bulletproof hosting providers renting cheap infrastructure to supply virtual machines to ransomware hackers

Most high-profile ransomware groups were using the same Russian-based infrastructure for years

TechRadar

Why hackers love the holidays

The end-of-year holidays have long been a popular time for hackers trying to break into corporate networks.

Axios

The Com: the growing cybercrime network behind recent Pornhub hack

Criminal ecosystem is made up of mostly male native English language speakers aged from 16 to 25

The Guardian - UK

Hackers access Pornhub’s premium users’ viewing habits and search history

ShinyHunters group reportedly behind the hack affecting data of 200m users thought to be from before 2021

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New Gold Salem ransomware could be the most worrying new strain we've seen for a while

A new ransomware group has amassed more than 60 victims in just a few months.

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Fortect Antivirus Review 2025: Expert Insights into Protection, Features, and Pricing

Fortect is a fair PC protection tool; but in our review we found it didn't offer the range of features that its competitors have.

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Fortect review

Fortect is a fair PC protection tool; but in our review we found it didn't offer the range of features that its competitors have.

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Your antivirus is under attack from new "killer" tool - here's what we know

Hackers devised new tools to terminate your antivirus solutions, leaving users at risk.

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Nearly half of companies say they pay up ransomware demands - but here's why that could be a bad idea

Level of ransom demands has fallen, but organizations are still at risk.

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Friendly fire: Hackers target their own with fake malware and gaming cheats

Sophos found more than a hundred GitHub projects containing a RAT that targets hackers.

TechRadar

DragonForce ransomware hacks SimpleHelp RMM tool to attack MSPs

DragonForce group found stealing files and deploying encryptors through known vulnerabilities.

TechRadar

Hackers are hitting firewalls and VPNs to breach businesses

Routers, VPNs, and other network edge devices are being used as entry points by attackers.

TechRadar

An old Android RAT has returned with some new tricks - here is what to look out for

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but this old RAT is back and more dangerous than ever.

TechRadar

I tested the Arcserve UDP 9.1 review - see how this backup and recovery for virtual machines works out

Powerful software that delivers an all-in-one solution for protecting physical and virtual environments.

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I tested the Sophos AP6 420E - see how this access point debut from Sophos works out

Not the best value, but a capable Wi-Fi 6E AP with centralized cloud management services.

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