State of ransomware in 2026
2026-05-12T20:51:54Z•e0739582c972c7fa4962633c26975d2fa58fc37af3b78313b174db38f727fe49
ABCDoorAmazon SESApp StoreBECCVE-2025-68670EDR-killersFakeWalletOceanLotusPhantomRPCPyPIRPCSilver FoxValleyRATZiChatBotdata-leakextortioniOSindustrial-threatsphishingprivilege-escalationransomwareremote-code-executionsupply-chainvulnerabilities-exploits-Q1-2026xrdp
What happened
Kaspersky Securelist roundup (May 2026) covering ransomware trends and multiple active threats. Highlights: ransomware evolution in 2026 with rising EDR-killer techniques and a shift from pure encryption to data-leak/extortion; disclosure of CVE-2025-68670 (pre-auth remote code execution in xrdp, now patched); discovery of a Windows RPC privilege-escalation technique dubbed PhantomRPC; OceanLotus delivering ZiChatBot via malicious PyPI wheel packages (targeting Windows and Linux); Silver Fox campaign using tax-themed lures to deploy ValleyRAT and a new ABCDoor backdoor against Russian and印度an
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- kaspersky_securelist
- Record identifier
- e0739582c972c7fa4962633c26975d2fa58fc37af3b78313b174db38f727fe49
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-12T20:51:54Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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