Daily Briefing – Saturday, 22nd August 2026

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🎧 Subscribe to the podcast feed Ransomware Activity 69 victims · 20 groups · 48-hour window ending 22 Aug 2026 ⚠️ = healthcare or critical infrastructure TheGentlemen — 16 victims VictimCountrySector Ariel EnergiaITEnergy & Utilities AquaseaNOEnergy & Utilities Oceanica InternacionalWSTransportation CAZ InvestmentsBZFinancial Services ARBEITERKAMMERNATProfessional Services ESCON GroupUSManufacturing Akatake EngineeringJPManufacturing Magdalena Grand Beach Golf R…

Daily Briefing — 21 August 2026

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75+ ransomware victims across 25 groups including Kingston Technology, Capgemini Engineering, U.S. Bank, and Indonesian Police data. Two urgent TrueConf CVEs on CISA KEV.…

Briefing — 20 August 2026

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46 victims, 18 groups. AI-generated exploitation code targeting Siemens PLCs at critical infrastructure. CareCloud breach affects 3.7M patients. Two UK victims. Password spraying up 155x.…

Daily Briefing — 19 August 2026

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41 victims across 18 groups. New group Storm targets defence sector. First near-autonomous AI nation-state attack. OpenAI suspends training. APT29 CaptiveCrunch campaign targeting travellers globally.…

Special Briefing — Russia Cyber Threat to UK Businesses & CNI

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🎧 Listen to this episode  |  Subscribe to the podcast feed A special advisory episode produced in response to Russia's warning to the UK following continued support for Ukraine, including the supply of drone systems. The Threat Actors Sandworm (GRU Unit 74455) — The most dangerous Russian state actor targeting critical…

Briefing — 18 August 2026

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🎧 Subscribe to the podcast feed Security News Poland probes MyDr healthcare software breach potentially affecting 19 million people (The Record) — Polish authorities investigating a breach of MyDr, a widely-used healthcare platform, that may have exposed personal and medical data for up to 19 million individuals. Hacker claims 3.6…

Briefing — 17 August 2026

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44 victims, 13 groups — Qilin leads with 16, Direwolf targets US healthcare again, LockBit5 hits German energy utility. SafePal breach, Threema DDoS, AmnesiaStealer macOS.…