Ransomware Roundup: 09.18.23

**Executive summary:** The report describes multiple active and emerging ransomware and data-extortion incidents: Akira is exploiting a Cisco ASA/FTD zero-day (CVE-2023-20269) in the wild; BianLian claims a large data exfiltration (6.8TB) likely affecting Save the Children; a new Rust-based 3AM ransomware family was observed as a fallback payload; and the MGM Resorts outage involving Scattered Spider/ALPHV highlights supply-chain/vendor access and disclosure challenges—together underscoring increased ransomware sophistication and the growing use of zero-days and automated discovery by criminal groups.