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Learn about the latest emerging cyberthreats and protection strategies. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/page/40/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- * [Home](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/) * Articles # Browse all articles Categories:[MSP News Digest](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/categories/news/) [Cyberthreats Update](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/categories/cyberthreats-update/) [Security Research](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/categories/security-research/) [SMB Insights](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/categories/smb-insights/) Search Filter articles by Year Select Month Select Author Select Cybersecurity Ransomware protection Malware protection Cyberthreats MSP cybersecurity Threat detection Phishing Email security 14 June 2022 [Vice Society ransomware hits Italian city of Palermo](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/vice-society-ransomware-hits-italian-city-of-palermo/) Palermo, a city of 1.3 million people and a popular tourist destination in Southern Italy, has become the latest victim of a Vice Society ransomware attack. Author: **[Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit)** 08 June 2022 [Austrian state of Carinthia hit by BlackCat ransomware](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/austrian-state-of-carinthia-hit-by-blackcat-ransomware/) Carinthia, the southernmost state in Austria, has had their computer systems encrypted by BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware, causing a severe disruption of government services. Author: **[Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit)** 31 May 2022 [Snake keylogger spreads through malicious PDFs](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/snake-keylogger-spreads-through-malicious-pdfs/) A new malware distribution campaign is embedding malicious Microsoft Word documents inside PDF files, prompting victims to launch the Word document as soon as the PDF is opened. Author: **[Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit)** [![Image 1: Agriculture equipment manufacturer AGCO hit by ransomware](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/59d1e99aa2a7378f103f9b81ab84f84d.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/agriculture-equipment-manufacturer-agco-hit-by-ransomware/) 11 May 2022 [Agriculture equipment manufacturer AGCO hit by ransomware](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/agriculture-equipment-manufacturer-agco-hit-by-ransomware/) Global agricultural equipment company AGCO, creator of Fendt tractors and other popular tools, has been knocked offline by a ransomware attack. Author: **[Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit)** 10 May 2022 [Twitter phishing scams target verified accounts](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/twitter-phishing-scams-target-verified-accounts/) Recent phishing campaigns are targeting verified Twitter profiles with convincing emails, enticing victims to provide their Twitter credentials — supposedly in order to fix a problem with their verification badge. Author: **[Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit)** 30 April 2022 [New ransomware gang "Black Basta" emerges](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/new-ransomware-gang-black-basta-emerges/) A new ransomware known as Black Basta has emerged, attacking at least 12 companies within its first three weeks of operation — including the American Dental Association and wind farm operator Deutsche Windtechnik. Author: **[Acronis Threat Research Unit](https://www.acronis.com/tru/authors/acronis-threat-research-unit)** [![Image 2: HermeticWiper and HermeticRansom delivered via Active Directory GPO](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/b9d93fcec01f8033ac5581dae1723097.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/hermeticwiper-and-hermeticransom-delivered-via-active-directory-gpo/) 22 April 2022 [HermeticWiper and HermeticRansom delivered via Active Directory GPO](https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/hermeticwiper-and-hermeticransom-delivered-via-active-directory-gpo/) On February 23, 2022, a new data wiper and ransomware were deployed on a large number of devices in the Ukraine, as ESET Research reported on Twitter. Just before this, a couple of Ukrainian government sites and services were subjected to DDoS attacks. Cybersecurity specialists discovered that the malware was deployed via Microsoft Active Directory GPO. 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