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Rogue ransomware affiliate poses as recovery firm to steal payments
A ransomware affiliate is impersonating a legitimate recovery service to extort victims pre-disclosure, exploiting trust in incident response to extract payments under false pretenses.
Aug 20, 2026
'Ransom Busters': Ransomware Actor Poses as Incident-Recovery Service
A ransomware affiliate is impersonating an incident-recovery service to deceive victims into redirecting ransom payments to itself, exploiting trust in legitimate response support.
Aug 18, 2026
Akira hackers disable EDR with Safe Mode, steal data but fail to encrypt
An Akira ransomware affiliate bypassed EDR protection by rebooting into Safe Mode with Networking, exfiltrated data, but failed to encrypt files — highlighting a novel evasion technique that exploits Windows boot behavior.
Aug 14, 2026