A growing cybersecurity threat has emerged, with threat actors leveraging commercially available employee-monitoring tools to amplify their ransomware attacks. In late January and February 2026, the Huntress Tactical Response team identified multiple intrusions in which threat actors exploited Net Monitor for Employees Professional, a legitimate workforce monitoring tool, and SimpleHelp, a remote monitoring and management […] The post Ransomware Attacks Amplified by Employee Monitoring Software Exploits appeared first on Cyber Security News.