A 2026 Q1 ransomware leaderboard built from leak-site claims, with the structural changes shaping the operator pool — RansomHub at the top, a long mid-tier, and the takedown ripples still propagating through the ecosystem.

Hospitals have been the worst ransomware targets for half a decade and the attacks keep getting worse, not better. A practitioner’s look at why the sector remains uniquely vulnerable and what’s finally starting to help.

A side-by-side look at the per-attack economics of business email compromise vs ransomware in 2026. Hint: the louder threat isn’t the bigger one.

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.

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.

A practitioner’s guide to ransomware negotiation in 2026 — what professional negotiators do, what amateurs get wrong, and how the conversation has changed since the 2024 takedowns.

A first-person look at how money mule recruitment threads on Telegram actually operate — the pitch, the vetting, the cash-out workflow, and the legal jeopardy facing recruits who don’t fully understand what they’re signing up for.

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.

The EU AI Act’s enforcement window is open in 2026. Here’s what US companies actually need to do, ranked by risk tier and deadline, in plain English.