Aug 14, 2026 · 24 min · 9 segments
Malicious browser extensions, AI-powered phishing, and the evolution of Australia's Essential Eight are all putting renewed focus on proactive cyber defence. Hear ThreatLocker's lead cyber security…
Kieran HumanGuest
David HollingworthHostWhat other, broadly speaking, trends, before we get onto the next point of, uh, what I want to chat about, uh, broadly speaking trends are you seeing in cyber threat activity at the moment?
Really, I mean, the click fix attacks have just been astronomically going, uh, going up.
Other than that, uh, ransomware with the double extortion where they will steal your files as well, and then it will be a...
You know, instead of just losing access, it's then also we're going to release everything if you don't pay us.
Yeah, I'm also seeing an incredible acceleration in the amount of ransomware operators at the moment.
Like, I think this week, three, maybe four new groups have emerged, and, and with a lot of victims as well.
Do you have any idea why we're seeing such a proliferation of ransomware actors right now?
Uh, you know, people that will take currently out there ransomware, malware, things like that, and then, you know, make it a couple changes, put their logo on it, call it a day.
I've had... [laughs] I actually had a computer where I used a- an agentic AI to run, to create and run ransomware on the computer, and at the end it even said like, "By the way, these steps you just completed are indicative of ransomware," after it ran the steps.
It might, it might be artificial, but sometimes it's not really all that intelligent.
What other, broadly speaking, trends, before we get onto the next point of, uh, what I want to chat about, uh, broadly speaking trends are you seeing in cyber threat activity at the moment?
Really, I mean, the click fix attacks have just been astronomically going, uh, going up.
Other than that, uh, ransomware with the double extortion where they will steal your files as well, and then it will be a...
You know, instead of just losing access, it's then also we're going to release everything if you don't pay us.
Yeah, I'm also seeing an incredible acceleration in the amount of ransomware operators at the moment.
Like, I think this week, three, maybe four new groups have emerged, and, and with a lot of victims as well.
Do you have any idea why we're seeing such a proliferation of ransomware actors right now?
Uh, you know, people that will take currently out there ransomware, malware, things like that, and then, you know, make it a couple changes, put their logo on it, call it a day.
I've had... [laughs] I actually had a computer where I used a- an agentic AI to run, to create and run ransomware on the computer, and at the end it even said like, "By the way, these steps you just completed are indicative of ransomware," after it ran the steps.
It might, it might be artificial, but sometimes it's not really all that intelligent.
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