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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) interact with local students during Operation Market Garden commemorations in Veghel, Netherlands, on Sept. 17, 2026. Soldiers answered questions about the Army, America and life as a Soldier while sharing experiences and culture with Dutch students. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Ortiz)

We first noticed a ransomware family called StopAndProtect in the middle of May 2026. Further analysis of the infrastructure reveals that the infection chain starts with a ClickFix social-engineering technique, which prompts victims to execute a PowerShell command. This leads to two stages of additional downloaders and loaders written in .NET, followed by several main…