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A trail of binary code emerges, representing the concept of a cybercrime. (Getty Images)
A trail of binary code emerges, representing the concept of a cybercrime. (Getty Images)

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

The FBI’s annual report on digital crimes exposes a worsening environment. Yet, an unknown number of victims still suffer in the shadows never reporting the crimes they…
“Akira” art and animation cells at the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Presents Special Screening of “Akira” at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 02, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data encryption in less than an hour

A new report from Halcyon finds that the group also puts more effort than usual into developing working decryptors, likely to incentivize businesses to pay up. 
BlackSuit site seizure notice
Seizure notice displayed on BlackSuit’s extortion site. (State Criminal Police Office Lower Saxony, Germany)

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown

The Russian cybercrime group attacked more than 180 organizations before members abandoned the brand and dispersed to new ransomware groups earlier this year.
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