Slopsquatting is a supply-chain attack that weaponises the package names AI coding assistants invent. How it works, what the research measured, the real 2026 incidents, and how to defend an AI-assisted pipeline.
Paying a ransomware ransom is usually legal, but sanctions can make it a crime, and 2026 rules are tightening fast. The law in the US, UK, EU and Australia, and what paying still does not buy.
Medusa is a ransomware-as-a-service crew active since 2021, with 300+ claimed victims and 161 confirmed by Ransomnews. Its targets, tactics, biggest breaches and the defences that stop it.
A 32.8M-record Condé Nast user database is on sale for $15,000 on a Russian-language hacker forum. We tested the sample: genuine account data, and the rest of the December WIRED hack.
Ransomnews confirmed 51 ransomware attacks in August 2026, down from 62 in July and 136 a year earlier. Qilin led with nine victims and government was the most affected sector.
A seller is offering 412,192 Latin American ticket-buyer records from The Town 2025, including 250,000 Brazilian CPFs, at about four cents a head. We tested the sample.
The FBI water-sector PLC alert and the Barracuda ransomware breach at supplier Micro-Comm landed a day apart. The evidence says they are not the same story.
A seller is offering 877,000 driver records from UK EV salary sacrifice broker Love Electric, including National Insurance and driving licence numbers. We checked the sample.
Bashe, also known as APT73, tells Dancho Danchev that interviews raise the price of silence. Then the public record shows how much of that reputation is manufactured.
The word delve fell 94% from its 2024 peak while dash use doubled. We measured 21,442 arXiv abstracts: AI writing tells expire in about 18 months.