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Updates from Acronis Threat Research Unit

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FileFix in the wild! New FileFix campaign goes beyond POC and leverages steganography
Acronis' Threat Research Unit discovered a rare in-the-wild example of a FileFix attack — a new variant of the now infamous ClickFix attack vector.
Insights
September 11, 2025 — 3 min read
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Acronis Cyberthreats Update, September 2025
The Acronis Cyberthreats Update covers current cyberthreat activity and trends, as observed by Acronis...
August 21, 2025 — 5 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, August 13, 2025
Clinical data stolen in cyberattack on dialysis provider DaVita, Chanel, Pandora, Google and Cisco...
August 18, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, August 4, 2025
Scattered Spider group disrupted, but imitators carry on, Fake OAuth apps and Tycoon phishing kit used...
August 11, 2025 — 3 min read
Acronis Cyberthreats Update, August 2025
The Acronis Cyberthreats Update covers current cyberthreat activity and trends, as observed by Acronis...
August 05, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, July 29, 2025
Benign-appearing panda images used by new Koske Linux malware to deliver malicious code, Turkish...
August 04, 2025 — 19 min read
MSPs a top target for Akira and Lynx ransomware
Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) analyzed recent samples of Akira and Lynx ransomware families to...
July 24, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, July 14, 2025
SafePay inflicts major ransomware attack on Ingram Micro, Oyster malware loader spread through SEO...
July 16, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, July 7, 2025
Zurich nonprofit Radix hit by Sarcoma ramsomware group, resulting in theft of 1.3TB of data, Google...
July 14, 2025 — 3 min read
Acronis Cyberthreats Update, July 2025
The Acronis Cyberthreats Update covers current cyberthreat activity and trends, as observed by Acronis...

Trends and analysis

December 05, 2022 — 3 min read
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AV-TEST: Acronis Cyber Protect again earns macOS...
AV-TEST, the renowned independent evaluator of antivirus and security solutions, recently released the...
November 28, 2022 — 9 min read
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AXLocker ransomware doesn’t change files’ extensions
AXLocker is a ransomware that was found by malware researcher ‘S!ri,’ who posted it on Twitter. Later,...
November 25, 2022 — 8 min read
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Killnet ransomware — a wiper from the Chaos family
Killnet is a Russian hacker group, previously known for providing DDoS services. At the end of October...
October 13, 2022 — 3 min read
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AV-Comparatives: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud earns 100%...
We’re proud to share that Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security received excellent...
September 22, 2022 — 9 min read
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RapperBot: A new threat for IoT devices
On June 22, 2022, CNCERT IoT Threat Research Team and NSFOCUS FuYingLab monitored a new botnet that...
September 16, 2022 — 2 min read
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AV-TEST: Acronis Cyber Protect earns macOS certification,...
AV-TEST, the renowned independent evaluator of antivirus and security solutions, recently released the...