Malware & Ransomware coverage from Firewall Chronicle holds 18 articles, 15 of them reference guides. The newest was published on October 18, 2026. New stories are added as soon as they are confirmed, from more than 150 sources checked as often as every 45 seconds. Each story lists its sources. Primary sources we follow for this section include UK National Cyber Security Centre and CISA: Stop Ransomware.
The Krybit ransomware gang continues to extort victims after being hacked by a rival group, indicating that operational disruption does not necessarily halt active extortion campaigns.
Attackers increasingly threaten employees with violence and doxxing to force ransom payments, complicating incident response for security teams.
Researchers confirm that viewing specific ads can install mercenary spyware without user interaction, exposing devices to remote compromise.
Remote access trojans exploit trusted administrative tools to bypass standard security controls, requiring specific configuration hardening rather than simple antivirus reliance.
USB device control stops data exfiltration at the physical layer, but it cannot prevent attacks that arrive over the network or through compromised internal systems.
Most malicious mobile apps do not steal your data directly; they trick you into granting permissions that allow background processes to watch your every move.
Most spyware gains persistence through misconfigured application whitelists and unpatched privilege escalation paths rather than through direct exploitation of network perimeters.
Scareware relies on browser permissions rather than system exploits, making permission revocation more effective than traditional antivirus scanning for immediate relief.
Treating all threats as malware misses the specific data encryption mechanisms of ransomware, leaving your backups vulnerable to targeted deletion.
These rules enforce process-level blocking policies that stop known exploit techniques before they execute, shifting defense from signature scanning to behavioral control.
Browser hijackers often survive by installing browser extensions that regenerate settings even after you reset the browser configuration to its defaults.
A bootkit infects the startup sequence, allowing it to hide from operating system security tools that run later in the process.
Traditional signature scanning fails against fileless attacks, requiring behavioral analysis and kernel-level protections that most legacy solutions lack.
Attackers target security tools first, so tamper protection locks down your defenses before malware can uninstall them or stop logging activity.
Software restriction policies enforce execution control by validating file paths and hashes, creating a barrier that stops code from running even if it bypasses antivirus detection.
Most cryptojacking operates within legitimate browser sessions and containerized environments, rendering traditional signature-based detection nearly useless against resource theft.
Remote access tools hide in plain sight by using legitimate administrative channels, making traditional signature-based detection largely ineffective against sophisticated intrusions.
Identify hidden surveillance by mapping specific telemetry anomalies to underlying mechanisms, revealing evidence that standard antivirus solutions routinely miss.