Anubis Ransomware’s Puzzling New Tactic

On this week’s replace, 4 editors with ISMG mentioned Anubis ransomware’s puzzling shift to information wiping malware, the management vacuum and funds uncertainty at CISA and rising considerations about how synthetic intelligence instruments are making assured errors that demand human oversight.

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The panelists – Anna Delaney, director, productions; Tony Morbin, government information editor, EU; Chris Riotta, managing editor, GovInfoSecurity; Mathew Schwartz, government editor, DataBreachToday and Europe – mentioned:

• Potential motivations behind the Anubis ransomware group’s uncommon addition of a wiper functionality that may destroy information, undermining the standard ransom mannequin and suggesting doable use by nation-state actors for disruptive, deniable assaults;
• The rising management vacuum on the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company, with delayed confirmations together with company director nominee Sean Plankey, together with extreme funds cuts and high-level employees departures – fueling inner confusion and casting doubt concerning the company’s potential to safeguard U.S. pursuits;
• The neglected danger of AI instruments making confidently incorrect choices – not because of hallucinations however flawed reasoning – and the pressing want for regulation and human oversight, particularly as AI is deployed in high-stakes situations during which errors will be compounded.

The ISMG Editors’ Panel runs weekly. Do not miss our earlier installments, together with the June 6 on InfoSecurity Europe Convention 2025 and the June 13 version on why provide chain assaults are spiking.