Ctrl-Alt-DECODE | Ep. 10 | Ransomware News: June 2026

Claimed Twice: Five Reasons the Same Ransomware Victim Shows Up Under Two Flags

Here is a ransomware trend that is becoming more frequent in 2026: The same victim organizations are posted twice, under two different flags. This is occurring frequently enough that we stopped treating ...
Emulating the Gentlemen Ransomware

Emulating the Gentlemen Ransomware

AttackIQ has released two new assessments that emulate the behaviors of The Gentlemen ransomware, a cross-platform threat that emerged around July 2025. The group employs a double-extortion model, combining file encryption with ...
FamousSparrow APT Targets Azerbaijani Oil and Gas Industry

FamousSparrow APT Targets Azerbaijani Oil and Gas Industry

I'd like to thank my co-author, Martin Zugec, for his valuable contributions to this report ...
Technical Advisory: ShinyHunters Breach of Instructure Canvas LMS

Technical Advisory: ShinyHunters Breach of Instructure Canvas LMS

[CRITICAL] | Active extortion campaign | Exposure window closed | Credential rotation and phishing defense required ...
How Chrome’s New AI Web APIs Are Enabling Hardware Fingerprinting

How Chrome’s New AI Web APIs Are Enabling Hardware Fingerprinting

Chrome's new AI Web APIs have strict hardware requirements that expose device capabilities—creating a powerful new tool for bot detection and fingerprinting ...

Bitdefender at Black Hat Asia 2026: Disrupt Attacker Playbooks

Black Hat Asia 2026 is a moment for the region to come together, and it’s a critical time to do so. Across APAC, digital transformation is accelerating. AI adoption, distributed workforces, and ...
Emulating the Persuasive NightSpire Ransomware

Emulating the Persuasive NightSpire Ransomware

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors of NightSpire Ransomware, a financially motivated ransomware and data extortion group that emerged in early 2025 and quickly evolved into a ...
What Mythos Reveals About Zero Trust’s Scope Problem

What Mythos Reveals About Zero Trust’s Scope Problem

The coverage of Anthropic’s Mythos Red Team report has followed a predictable arc: a sensational headline, reactions ranging from alarm to dismissal, and little engagement with what the research actually demonstrates. That ...