The UAE Cyber Security Council has announced the successful disruption of a series of malicious ransomware attacks targeting strategic sectors across both public and private entities. The coordinated attacks sought to infiltrate networks, encrypt critical data, and paralyse digital systems.Read More…
Sophos announced new findings from the Sophos State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2025 report. The study reveals that manufacturers are stopping more ransomware attacks before data can be encrypted; however,Read More…
Cisco Talos released its Incident Trends report for the third quarter of 2025, highlighting the latest threat trends, top ransomware families and new attacker tactics:Read More…
ESET Research has discovered a HybridPetya bootkit and ransomware uploaded from Poland to the malware-scanning platform VirusTotal. The sample is a copycat of the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware; however, it adds the capability of compromisingRead More…
Sophos announced a strategic threat intelligence sharing partnership with Halcyon to bring together two of the most experienced teams in ransomware defense to accelerate detection, enhance protection, and improve response capabilities for more than 300,000 organizations worldwide.Read More…
Ingram Micro today issued the following statement regarding an ongoing system outage, stating that it has recently identified ransomware on certain of its internal systems. Promptly after learning of the issue, the Company took steps to secure the relevant environment,Read More…
Sophos released its sixth annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries that studies the impact of ransomware attacks on businesses. This year’s survey found that nearly 50% of companies globally paid the ransomRead More…
Maher Yamout, a lead security researcher at Kaspersky, is at the forefront of detecting and analyzing cyber threats in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. Based in Dubai, he and his team focus on helping clients understand and defend against the growing risks in the digital landscape.Read More…
