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UK Ransomware Payment Ban Implications

The UK will ban public bodies from paying ransoms and introduce new reporting rules for ransomware incidents. Public sector organisations must prepare to recover without paying. Private firms must notify the government if they plan to pay. Attackers may shift focus to private targets and use data leaks over encryption. Organisations need better visibility, response readiness, and tested recovery plans. Payment is no longer a fallback.

Rubrik Preemptive Recovery: Explained!

In the fight against ransomware, every second counts—if you're manually responding only after an attack, you could already be too late. In this video, we'll explore Rubrik's Preemptive Recovery Engine, a groundbreaking capability designed to proactively detect threats and speed up your recovery response. Unlike traditional, reactive solutions, Rubrik automatically identifies clean snapshots, pinpoints the optimal recovery points, and prepares your critical data ahead of threats—dramatically shrinking your recovery window and minimizing disruption.

What Akira Ransomware Gang Taught This Company

What is ransomware? Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts an organization’s files or systems, effectively locking users out until a ransom is paid, usually in cryptocurrency. But in 2025, ransomware is more than just malware. It’s a multi-billion-dollar criminal business. So far this year, 4,441 organizations have been publicly listed as ransomware victims.

Turning Data Disaster into Strategy: Lessons to Learn from Malware Attacks

Malware, as one of many cyber threats, is not some random annoyance. Yet, there is nothing polite about it. It bypasses your firewall and establishes itself in your system. Then, escalated privileges are granted, and processes are killed. If you are particularly unlucky, malware encrypts your core and sticks around like a parasite in the CI/CD. So, it’s not about chaos but orchestration. That means you’re forgetting about something.

Inside the Mind of a Stealer Log Aggregator: An Interview with MoonCloud

In today’s threat landscape, the market for stealer logs—collections of credentials, browser data, and session cookies harvested through infostealers—continues to evolve. While many threat actors have come and gone, others have adapted and built significant operations around data resale, log aggregation, and credential-based exploitation. We spoke directly with MoonCloud, one of the more active stealer log aggregators operating in 2025.

The Geopolitical Security Playbook: When Nations Clash in Cyberspace

In this episode of Data Security Decoded, host Caleb Tolin sits down with Dustin Droullard, a cyber threat intelligence expert and former Army intelligence analyst, to discuss how global conflict is increasingly playing out in cyberspace, from digital espionage to civilian-targeted cyber operations. This episode highlights why organizations must rethink their cyber risk strategies in light of modern geopolitical threats and growing digital exposure.

Inside Silver Fox's Den: Trustwave SpiderLabs Unmasks a Global Threat Actor

This blog is the latest in a series that delves into the deep research conducted daily by the Trustwave SpiderLabs Threat Operations team on major threat actor groups currently operating globally. The Silver Fox threat actor group, also associated with attacks attributed to Void Arachne and Great Thief of the Valley, is a relatively new, most likely China-based threat group that has emerged as a significant player in advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns.