ransomware
Safeguard articles tagged "ransomware" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Check Point VPN Zero-Day CVE-2026-50751: Auth Bypass Under Active Exploitation
Check Point's CVE-2026-50751 lets an attacker dictate how hard the gateway checks them — and walk in without a password. It is rated CVSS 9.3, exploited since early May 2026, and already tied to a Qilin ransomware affiliate.
Infosecurity Europe 2026 Recap: Agentic AI Security Owned the Floor at ExCeL London
Agentic AI, post-quantum cryptography, and ransomware economics dominated Infosecurity Europe 2026. Here is what actually mattered on the floor at ExCeL London, and what was hype.
MGM Ransomware One Year Later: A Retrospective
A 2025 retrospective on the September 2023 MGM Resorts ransomware incident, what changed, what stalled, and how supply chain defenders should adjust.
Kettering Health Interlock Ransomware: A 14-Hospital System Goes Dark
On May 20, 2025, Interlock ransomware encrypted Kettering Health across 14 Ohio hospitals. The actor sat in the network for 41 days before encryption. We unpack the dwell time and the recovery.
What Is a Possible Effect of Malicious Code?
Malicious code can steal data, encrypt files for ransom, hand attackers remote control, drain resources, and spread across a network. Here is the full range of effects and how to limit them.
CVE-2025-23121 in Veeam Backup & Replication: Patch Posture & SBOM Response
Veeam B&R authenticated RCE on the backup server scored CVSS 9.9. Backup infrastructure cannot be a soft underbelly. Here is the defender playbook.
Hitachi Vantara Akira Ransomware: When the Recovery Vendor Goes Down
Akira ransomware forced Hitachi Vantara to take its own servers offline on April 26, 2025. We trace the attack pattern and the implications when an enterprise data-recovery provider becomes the incident.
Harrods Cyber Attack: The UK Retail Sector Under Sustained Assault
Harrods became the third major UK retailer hit by cyber attacks in weeks, following M&S and Co-op. The pattern points to coordinated campaigns targeting retail.
Marks & Spencer DragonForce Ransomware Attack: Retail Giant Brought to Its Knees
The April 2025 ransomware attack on M&S disrupted online orders for weeks, wiped out hundreds of millions in market value, and exposed retail sector vulnerabilities.
Qilin Ransomware Supply Chain Tactics 2025
Qilin became a top ransomware operator in 2024-2025 by pairing edge-device exploitation with managed service provider compromise. Here is the supply chain breakdown.
Scattered Spider 2025: How the Most Dangerous Social Engineering Group Evolved
Scattered Spider adapted its tactics in 2025, moving beyond casino hacks to target retail, healthcare, and manufacturing with increasingly sophisticated social engineering.
Patelco Credit Union RansomHub Attack: 1M Records, $7.25M Settlement
RansomHub maintained access to Patelco Credit Union's network from May 23 to June 29, 2024, ultimately exposing data on over one million members and triggering a $7.25M class settlement.
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