A new generation of operators has dropped encryption entirely — they steal the data and threaten to leak it without ever locking a single file. Here’s why that model is winning.
Ransomnews Research Team
Ransomnews Research Team
The Ransomnews Research Team is the collective byline used for collaborative pieces, editorial briefings, and articles drawing on contributions from multiple researchers. Coverage spans ransomware operations, breach economics, threat actor profiling, OSINT methodology, and emerging risks across security, privacy, and AI.
Bulletproof hosting providers — the ones that ignore abuse complaints and law-enforcement requests — remain a foundation of the cybercrime stack. Here’s where they live in 2026 and how the takedown calculus has shifted.
Mixer takedowns reshaped the laundering landscape. A 2026 view of where ransomware and fraud proceeds actually flow now — DEXes, cross-chain bridges, privacy coins, and the residual mixers still standing.
A 2026 view of the cybercrime economy by the numbers — ransomware payments, BEC losses, fraud volumes, and the structural trends that shape the next year of threats.
A practical patching priority list drawn from the CVEs we’ve actually seen weaponised in ransomware and initial-access intrusions during Q1 2026 — what they are, why they matter, and the order to fix them.
Three states, three approaches, one compliance headache. A 2026 comparison of California, Texas, and Florida privacy laws — what they require, who’s exempt, and how to comply across all three at once.
A vendor-neutral, jargon-free walkthrough of what EDR, XDR, and MDR actually do — and the three questions that decide which one your team should buy in 2026.
A starter pack of Maltego transforms and graph patterns for ransomware research — entity model, transform recommendations, and three reusable graphs that pay rent on every investigation.
Newsroom and researcher checklist for validating a leaked dataset before publishing — five tests that catch fabrication, recycled breaches, and misattributed dumps.
Once an infostealer has executed, every credential on the device is gone. Detection has to come before that, or detection is too late. A practical guide to catching infostealer infections at the host, network, and identity layer.