A 28-year-old Russian man, identified by German media only as "Vladimir K", has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of being a key member of the Qilin ransomware gang. He was first detained in Japan in May while on holiday and was extradited to Germany earlier this month. German investigators are examining possible links between him and…
Resilience's report Cyber risk in energy and utilities analyzes cyber insurance claims filed between Jan. 1, 2023 and Sept. 5, 2026. Email compromise made up 21% of energy and utilities claims, against 10% across the rest of the portfolio. Ransomware was only 9% of claims but about 70% of incurred losses including reserves. In several cas…
Qilin and Settra ransomware groups are actively exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in PAN-OS GlobalProtect and Prisma Access disclosed in May 2026, according to ReliaQuest. Because access arrives through the victim's own VPN, it can resemble legitimate remote work and go unnoticed until credential theft, lateral movement, …
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 reports active exploitation of CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in the portal and gateway components of PAN-OS GlobalProtect. The flaw lets unauthorized attackers circumvent security controls and open VPN connections. The October 19 update says Unit 42 continues to see exploitation attempts by ransomware …
Nord Security reports 2,894 ransomware attacks between July and September 2026, a 50% increase year over year and an 8.6% rise over Q2 2026. Researchers attribute the rebound to the market stabilizing after law enforcement takedowns of LockBit, BlackCat and RansomHub, which suppressed activity during 2025. The Gentlemen (383 attacks) narr…
Multiple ransomware groups, including Qilin and INC, are exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect portals and gateways. Unit 42 has been investigating intrusions since early June across many sectors, including finance, healthcare and manufacturing. The flaw was patched on May 13 and ini…
Rapid7's Q3 2026 threat landscape report finds that high-severity vulnerabilities were exploited an average of three days after disclosure, with 71% exploited within the first seven days. 79% of them are classed as 'holy grail' flaws, meaning remote and needing no credentials or user interaction. Ransomware remains the dominant threat. Th…
SentinelOne argues that "EDR killer" covers four different techniques, and a single driver-load rule leaves blind spots. The four are bring-your-own-vulnerable-driver (BYOVD), bring-your-own-installer, admin-to-kernel, and driverless suspension. The article gives hunt logic for each and recommends rolling them out in order of signal quali…
This SentinelOne analysis argues that EDR killing, mostly through bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD), has grown from one-off tooling into a maintained, shared and sold capability. Ransomware actors disabled security tools in about 48% of 2024 intrusions, and BYOVD is the fastest-growing method within that figure. The article traces …