Rapid Rise and Aggressive Tactics Alarm Cybersecurity Experts Cybersecurity researchers have flagged SafePay as the most active ransomware group today, despite being only seven months old. According to a recent Check Point report, SafePay has quickly built a dominant presence in the ransomware landscape. The group uses a double-extortion approach—encrypting files while also stealing sensitive…
Largest DDoS Attack on Record Neutralized In May 2025, Cloudflare successfully blocked a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 7.3 Tbps. The attack targeted a large hosting provider and broke the previous DDoS traffic record by 12%. In just 45 seconds, attackers pushed 37.4 terabytes of data—enough to stream over 7,500 hours of…
Freedman Healthcare, a Massachusetts-based health data firm, has reportedly suffered a ransomware attack. The assault is linked to World Leaks, a newer extortion group tied to the former Hunter’s International ransomware collective. The firm provides critical data infrastructure to over 27 U.S. state health departments, non-profits, and insurance providers. Attackers claim to have stolen more…