Malware & Ransomware

Florida Ransomware Recovery Firm Owner Charged with Defrauding Clients
Malware & Ransomware

Florida Ransomware Recovery Firm Owner Charged with Defrauding Clients

Zohar Pinhasi, 50, also known as “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green,” a U.S. and Israeli national, was arraigned today in the Eastern District of New York on wire fraud charges relating to Pinhasi’s false representations that he could decrypt ransomware without paying cybercriminals.

Teenager suspected of leading KillSec ransomware group
Malware & Ransomware

Teenager suspected of leading KillSec ransomware group

On 30 September 2026, law enforcement took control of KillSec’s leak site, securing at least 110 terabytes of data against further unauthorised access. The cybercrime group used the site to threaten organisations with the publication of stolen files unless they paid a ransom.

Rust arrayref 0.3.10 crate installs malware
Malware & Ransomware

Rust arrayref 0.3.10 crate installs malware

arrayref 0.3.10 (2026-08-20 07:15 UTC, by droundy) adds a first-ever dependency on proc-macro1 1.0.107 (07:11 UTC, by dtolney), whose build.rs downloads and executes a remote binary. Both are live as I file this; security@rust-lang.org e...