Maristel Policarpio, Sarah Pearl Camiling, and Sophia Nilette Robles write: A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group has emerged and has been making a name for itself in 2025. Anubis is a recently identified group that sets itself apart by partnering encryption with more destructive capabilities—wiping directories which severely impact chances of file recovery. Given its brief history and…
Category: Malware
US offering $10 million for info on Iranian hackers behind IOControl malware
Jonathan Greig reports: The U.S. State Department said they were seeking information on Iranian hackers who they accused of targeting critical infrastructure using a strain of malware deployed against industrial control systems. U.S. officials are offering up to $10 million for details on a hacker affiliated with the group called CyberAv3ngers that gained prominence in…
Hackers Break Into Car Sharing App, 8.4 Million Users Affected
Bogdan Popa reports: Indian company Zoomcar, best known for its car-sharing model that allows customers to rent vehicles from individuals, has recently acknowledged a data breach that exposed the data of 8.4 million users. The NASDAQ-listed firm revealed the hack attack in an SEC 8-K filing, confirming that a threat actor managed to access its systems and…
Cyberattack pushes German napkin company into insolvency
It is not often that a ransomware attack or cyberattack is wholly responsible for a business failing. With each such claim that is investigated, we sometimes find that an entity was already in financial distress and the attack may just have been one stress too many. Maike Krebber reports: A cyberattack has potentially serious consequences…
WestJet investigates cyberattack disrupting internal systems
Lawrence Abrams reports: WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, is investigating a cyberattack that has disrupted access to some internal systems as it responds to the breach. “WestJet is aware of a cybersecurity incident involving internal systems and the WestJet app, which has restricted access for several users,” reads a security advisory on WestJet’s site. “We have activated specialized…
Ph: Coop Hospital confirms probe into reported cyberattack
Palawan News reports: The Palawan Medical Mission Group Multipurpose Cooperative (PMMGPMC), operator of the Coop Hospital in Puerto Princesa City, confirmed Thursday night that it is investigating a reported ransomware attack allegedly carried out by the cybercriminal group Qilin. The confirmation came in a public advisory following claims that Qilin, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that…