CyberheistNews Vol 14 #04 'Swatting' Becomes the Latest Extortion Tactic in Ransomware Attacks

This CyberheistNews newsletter highlights an evolution in extortion tactics where attackers threaten to 'swat' customers of breached medical providers, reports analysis showing phishing emails are increasingly likely AI-generated, and recounts Microsoft’s disclosure that the Russian APT group Midnight Blizzard (Nobelium) accessed a small percentage of corporate email accounts via a password-spray attack—underscoring ongoing risks from phishing, credential attacks, and novel extortion methods.