Tag: ransomware

Only a quarter of organizations recover fully after a ransomware attack

Research by Veeam shows that only 28% of organizations recover all data after a ransomware attack.

Lead time from 3 months to barely 4 days: cyberattacks become assembly line work

Where cybercriminals used to be present in a target’s network for weeks or even several months before visibly striking,…

Ransomware negotiations significantly reduce ransom amounts

Professional negotiations with cybercriminals can sharply lower the ransom requested in ransomware attacks. This is acco…

‘2025 saw a sharp rise in cyber claims and the growing impact of ransomware’

European companies faced significantly more cyber incidents in 2025, according to the annual report from cyber insurer S…

More ransomware attacks, but ransom demands nearly halved

Research from Arctic Wolf shows that cybercriminals are carrying out more ransomware attacks than ever, but the initial…

Firewalls exploited in 90 percent of ransomware incidents

In 90 percent of ransomware incidents in 2025, attackers exploited firewalls through unpatched vulnerabilities or compro…

Belgium remains in the global top ten for cyberattacks

Inetum notes that ransomware and DDoS attacks have increased significantly again in 2025. Belgium is among the top ten m…

IT Distributor Ingram Micro Hit by Ransomware Attack

A ransomware attack has severely disrupted Ingram Micro’s services. The perpetrators are demanding ransom from the compa…

Ransomware shifts to hypervisors: attacks rise from 3 to 25 percent

Hypervisors are increasingly becoming victims of ransomware attacks. Researchers at security company Huntress are raisin…

bpost potentially victim of ransomware attack

Data from bpost has appeared on TridentLocker’s ransomware website. It is not yet clear what data is involved. The Belgi…

More than half of affected retailers pay ransom in ransomware attack

New research from Sophos shows that 58 percent of retail organizations pay ransom after a ransomware attack. Unknown vul…

Slow Response to Email Incidents Increases Ransomware Risk by 79 Percent

Three-quarters of organizations in the Benelux faced an email security incident last year. Those who respond slowly face…

Ransomware Yields less as Victims Refuse to Pay

The percentage of companies paying ransom after a ransomware attack has been declining sharply for years. According to r…

Google Drive Uses AI to Detect Active Ransomware Attacks

Google is adding AI to Drive for desktop to automatically detect ransomware attacks. Google is introducing AI-powered ra…

Delays and Canceled Flights Continue at Brussels Airport after Cyberattack

A cyberattack on the American company Collins Aerospace has been causing problems at European airports since Friday even…

Ransomware Doubles: Belgium Rises in Top Ten most Affected Countries

Inetum sees an explosive increase in the number of ransomware attacks in Belgium. Globally, Belgium ranks in the top ten…

Nearly one in three organizations faces a ransomware attack again

Nearly one in three organizations that fell victim to ransomware faced another attack. Additionally, 40 percent of Benel…

FunkSec Ransomware Uses AI for Large-Scale Attacks

Kaspersky exposes FunkSec, a ransomware group that has been highly active since the beginning of this year. Using AI and…

Almost Half of Organizations Pay Ransom after Ransomware Attack

The average ransom payment is 1 million dollars, although more than half of the affected organizations negotiate for a l…

Researcher warns of ransomware running directly on your CPU

The microcode layer that chip manufacturers use to implement updates can be used to install ransomware in the deepest la…

February sets new record for ransomware attacks

In the month of February, 962 organizations worldwide fell victim to ransomware: a record according to figures from Bitd…

Tata Technologies data leaked by ransomware group

The ransomware group Hunters International allegedly leaked information from the technology company Tata Technologies on…

Ransomware attacks demand ever higher ransoms

Victims pay an average of 255,000 euros, while cybercriminals demand a median amount of 1.2 million euros. Ransomware at…

Ransomware payments drop by a third by 2024

An analysis shows that victims of ransomware are paying far less than in previous years. The sum received by perpetrator…

Ransomware in 2024: more attacks, more perpetrators

Check Point looks back at trends in ransomware from the past year. Not only the number of attacks, but also the number o…

EU aims to strengthen cybersecurity in healthcare with Cybersecurity Support Centre

The European Commission is establishing a Cybersecurity Support Centre in Europe to improve cybersecurity in the healthc…

Hackers abuse encryption in AWS to lock victims’ data

A new ransomware gang called Codefinger focuses on locking victims’ data. New ransomware gang Codefinger abuses AWS encr…

Ransomware gang demands $125,000 in baguettes from Schneider Electric after data theft

Schneider Electric has fallen victim to a ransomware gang. That one demands a ransom as usual, although somewhat unusual…

Belgium in top 10 ransomware attacks worldwide by 2024

More than half of all ransomware attacks worldwide are carried out by six criminal groups. Belgium ranks tenth among the…

Samsung confirms: hackers get away with sensitive data

Cyber attackers managed to capture a lot of GBs of sensitive data during a cyber attack. Source code for applications on…

Nvidia hack appears to be set up to enable crypto theft again

New demands from the hackers behind the attack on Nvidia appear to reveal the true purpose of the attack. Namely, Nvidia…

Russia picks up REvil gang members

Russia has arrested 14 members of the ransomware gang REvil. Nothing changes to the threat landscape, as the gang had be…

Ransomware attack hits Game Mania, customer data captured

The hackers were able to capture personal data including name, address, e-mail address and phone number. Passwords and p…

Qnap asks NAS users to review security under pressure from ransomware wave

NAS devices from Qnap have been targeted by a wave of ransomware attacks. Therefore, the NAS builder is now asking its u…