double-extortion
Safeguard articles tagged "double-extortion" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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The Gentlemen RaaS Database Leak: What the May 2026 Breach Revealed About a Top Ransomware Operation
An insider sold The Gentlemen's internal 'Rocket' backend in May 2026, exposing affiliate structure, tooling, and negotiation logs of one of 2026's most prolific RaaS crews. Here is what the leak teaches defenders.
Nitrogen Ransomware Hits Foxconn: 8TB Claim and the Manufacturing Extortion Wave of May 2026
Foxconn confirmed a cyberattack on its North American factories in May 2026 after the Nitrogen ransomware crew claimed 8TB and 11 million files. We break down the attack chain, the broken ESXi decryptor, and what manufacturers should do now.
What is Ransomware
Ransomware costs organizations $2.73M on average to recover from. Learn how it works, its top infection vectors, and how to defend against it.
Double Extortion Ransomware: How Data Theft Changed the Game
Double extortion transformed ransomware from a reversible nuisance into an irreversible data breach. The evolution from encryption-only to data theft fundamentally changed the threat model.