Just weeks before millions of kids build their annual candy stash, candy giant Ferrara Candy — who you may know as the makers of Nerds, Laffy Taffy, SweetTarts, and other favorites — was struck by a ransomware attack on October 9.

The MyKings botnet has been around for at least five years, and is as active now as ever. New research has shown just how busy the botnet has been lately, and has uncovered its use of infected computers to mine or steal cryptocurrency through one of two techniques.

Porto Seguro — one of Brazil's largest insurance groups, with around 10 million clients, over 13,000 employees, and an annual revenue of $5.1 billion — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack.

The creators of the notorious TrickBot malware have signed two new affiliates, a sure sign that we can expect to observe more attacks using this ransomware in the near future. Microsoft estimates that TrickBot has already infected over 3 million devices.

Last month, we shared the news with you about Pacific City Bank being ransomed. Since then, the bank has publicly disclosed the attack.

A previously unrecognized Linux malware family has been found to be targeting organizations in Southeast Asia. The threat is being tracked as FontOnLake or HCRootkit.

Japan-based tech manufacturer Olympus suffered a cyberattack on October 10. This marks their second such incident in as many months.