Briefing — 17 August 2026

Ransomware Activity — 48 Hours

44 victims · 13 groups — Qilin dominates with 16 victims across 8 countries. Direwolf adds 2 US healthcare; LockBit5 hits a German energy utility.

GroupVictimCountrySector
QilinTeikoku USA🇺🇸 USManufacturing
QilinAGUNSA🇨🇱 CLTransportation
QilinCoface🇮🇹 ITFinancial Services
QilinSpoonful of Comfort🇺🇸 USHospitality
QilinMulino Padano🇮🇹 ITAgriculture
QilinMOSAID Technologies🇨🇦 CATechnology
QilinINVENSITY🇩🇪 DETechnology
QilinMegawide🇵🇭 PHManufacturing
QilinDesatera Sdn Bhd🇲🇾 MY
QilinLoescher editore🇮🇹 ITEducation
QilinBotek🇩🇪 DEManufacturing
QilinZanichelli🇮🇹 ITEducation
QilinArnall Golden Gregory🇺🇸 USProfessional Services
QilinASCII Group🇯🇵 JPTechnology
QilinDouble H Equipment🇺🇸 USManufacturing
QilinWEBA Meubelen🇧🇪 BERetail
Direwolf⚠️ PayrHealth🇺🇸 USHealthcare
Direwolf⚠️ Colla Health🇺🇸 USHealthcare
DirewolfDXS International🇬🇧 GBTechnology
DirewolfTOTVS🇧🇷 BRTechnology
DirewolfAAM:HOA Management🇺🇸 USProfessional Services
MedusaLockerTwal Family IT LabTechnology
MedusaLockerAll Parts Dry Cleaning🇬🇧 GBRetail
MedusaLockerIdex Group🇩🇪 DETechnology
MedusaLockerBija Industrie🇫🇷 FRManufacturing
MedusaLockerThecourierguy🇿🇦 ZATransportation
LockBit5⚠️ vgrn.de🇩🇪 DEEnergy & Utilities
LockBit5tecosim.com🇩🇪 DETechnology
LockBit5agricolagalbusera.it🇮🇹 ITAgriculture
LockBit5dupouy-associes.fr🇫🇷 FRProfessional Services
LockBit5actua.fr🇫🇷 FRProfessional Services
xpl0itrsOz Hair & Beauty🇦🇺 AURetail
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xpl0itrsRapidFort🇺🇸 USTechnology
Blackwatershalina.com🇮🇳 IN
Blackwateramca.org.ar🇦🇷 ARProfessional Services
PanzerSAGASTA sro🇨🇿 CZ
PanzerInfosatTechnology
EmperadorAlbania national teacher portal🇦🇱 ALEducation
HelixKennedy Jenks🇺🇸 USProfessional Services
ms13089servmarmg.cl🇨🇱 CL
OrovaSmartsoft🇹🇼 TWTechnology
SpaceBearsSEARS (Grupo Sanborns)🇲🇽 MXRetail
BarracudaVR Advogados🇧🇷 BRProfessional Services

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Large-scale DDoS disrupted Threema secure messaging (BleepingComputer) — Significant outages to encrypted messaging service used by European government organisations.

AmnesiaStealer: macOS malware with live browser session hijacking (BleepingComputer) — ClickFix delivery; remote control module enables MFA bypass by operating in authenticated sessions.

Wireshark 4.6.8 released — 28 vulnerabilities patched (SANS ISC) — Update now.

Microsoft blames AI bug-finders for delayed Exchange CU (The Register) — AI tooling surfacing more issues than team can clear; no confirmed ship date.

Chinese GLM-5.3 claims superior vulnerability discovery vs US models (The Register) — AI offensive security capability is now an explicit US-China competitive benchmark.

Ordinary WiFi signals used to image people through walls (Slashdot) — Passive sensing identifies individuals within seconds from standard router signals.

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