Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt

Grafana has disclosed that an "unauthorized party" obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company's GitHub environment and download its codebase. "Our investigation has determined that no customer data or personal information was accessed during this incident, and we have...

Stolen Canvas data was “returned” after hacker agreement, Instructure says

The Instructure/Canvas data breach that has dominated cybersecurity coverage recently has reached a new stage. Millions of students had personal data stolen, with extortion group ShinyHunters claiming credit for the data breach and applying extra pressure for their ransom demands by bothering...

Instructure Reaches Ransom Agreement with ShinyHunters to Stop 3.65TB Canvas Leak

American educational technology company Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said it reached an "agreement" with a decentralized cybercrime extortion group after it breached its network and threatened to leak stolen information from thousands of schools and universities. In an update shared...

ShinyHunters escalates Canvas attacks with school login defacements

Days after confirming a major data breach, Instructure is now facing a second blow. Earlier this week, Instructure confirmed a major data breach affecting its cloud‑hosted Canvas environment, with the ShinyHunters group claiming it stole hundreds of millions of records tied to thousands of school...

Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide

An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service's login page with a ransom demand that threatened to...

Paying Ransom Won’t Help as VECT 2.0 Ransomware Destroys Data Irreversibly

VECT 2.0 ransomware contains fatal flaws that permanently destroy files, making recovery impossible and rendering ransom payments useless for victims worldwide...

Kyber Ransomware Double Trouble: Windows and ESXi Attacks Explained

Overview For executive leadership, the emergence of Kyber ransomware represents a significant and immediate threat due to its specialized, dual-platform deployment capability targeting mission-critical virtualization infrastructure VMware ESXi and core Windows file systems. This cross-platform...

ShinyHunters Claims Rockstar Games Snowflake Breach via Anodot

ShinyHunters claims access to Rockstar Games Snowflake data via Anodot breach, threatening a data leak on April 14 if ransom demands are not met...

ShinyHunters Hackers Threaten 400 Firms Over Stolen Salesforce Data

ShinyHunters claims to have stolen data from 400 firms via Salesforce portals and is threatening to leak the information unless ransom demands are paid...

MAL-2026-1319 Malicious code in alinet-w (npm)

Package is malware due to ransomware-like behavior: file encryption, key exfiltration, terminal locking, ransom note, and persistence attempts. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5c18fd7e3ffa16f370fa25fcc489c381958d8200bf01cd8bf3627c91301eb397 The...

Malicious code in alinet-w (npm)

Package is malware due to ransomware-like behavior: file encryption, key exfiltration, terminal locking, ransom note, and persistence attempts. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5c18fd7e3ffa16f370fa25fcc489c381958d8200bf01cd8bf3627c91301eb397 The...

Exploit for Out-of-bounds Write in Msi Afterburner

VortexCry-Ransomware VortexCry is an advanced ransomware that...

CVE-2020-12734

DEPSTECH WiFi Digital Microscope 3 allows remote attackers to change the SSID and password, and demand a ransom payment from the rightful device owner, because there is no way to reset to Factory Default settings...

Ransomware Hits Romanian Water Authority, 1000 Systems Knocked Offline

Romania’s national water authority, Romanian Waters, was hit by a major ransomware attack affecting 1,000 systems but dams remain safe. Learn how authorities are fighting back without paying the ransom...

FBI Warns of Fake Video Scams

The FBI is warning of AI-assisted fake kidnapping scams: Criminal actors typically will contact their victims through text message claiming they have kidnapped their loved one and demand a ransom be paid for their release. Oftentimes, the criminal actor will express significant claims of violence...

SafePay Ransomware: TTPs and Defense Strategies

When a threat actor disables your security software and starts deleting your backups, you’re already in the middle of a crisis. The operators behind SafePay ransomware are known for these exact tactics, deliberately sabotaging your ability to respond and recover. Catching an attack like this earl...

Unleashing the Kraken ransomware group

In August 2025, Cisco Talos observed big-game hunting and double extortion attacks carried out by Kraken, a Russian-speaking group that has emerged from the remnants of the HelloKitty ransomware cartel. Talos observed in one intrusion that the Kraken actor exploited Server Message Block SMB...

Google Launches New Maps Feature to Help Businesses Report Review-Based Extortion Attempts

Google on Thursday said it's rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by threat actors who post inauthentic bad reviews on the platform and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments. The approach is designed to tackle a common...

Ukrainian Conti Ransomware Suspect Extradited to US from Ireland

Ukrainian man accused of helping run Conti ransomware extradited from Ireland to the U.S. to face charges over global cyberattacks and $150M in ransom payments...

Medusa Ransomware Leaks 834 GB of Comcast Data After $1.2M Demand

Medusa ransomware leaks 186 GB of Comcast data, claiming 834 GB stolen after a $1.2M ransom demand apparently went unpaid...