Security researchers are warning of a new strain of the Locky ransomware — the malware responsible for crippling networks at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky., and King’s Daughters’ Health in ...

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors of LokiLocker ransomware, a .NET based strain active since at least mid-August 2021. The malware combines defense evasion and ...

The Community College of Beaver County is under a cyberattack, with unknown bad actors encrypting all college data and demanding ransom payments to lift it.

Why encrypted backups may fail in an AI-driven ransomware era ...

Index Engines, the leader in cyber resilience, today shared the latest ransomware trends from its CyberSense® Research Lab, ...

The Anubis ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operator has developed a novel dual threat capability to increase pressure on victims. Trend Micro researchers discovered a “wipe mode” in the ransomware ...

Online attackers are increasingly stealing data and holding it to ransom without encrypting files, doubling down on the use ...

Cybersecurity firm Profero cracked the encryption of the DarkBit ransomware gang's encryptors, allowing them to recover a victim's files for free without paying a ransom. This occurred in 2023 during ...

Ransomware isn’t just encrypting files anymore. Over the past few years, extortion crews have evolved from “break in, lock up ...

Nowadays, ransomware attacks are becoming more and more frequent. In many cases, the hacker utilizes ransomware to encrypt your important data, and then asks for some money in exchange for decrypting ...

Ransomware has traditionally been associated with financially motivated cybercriminal groups. Increasingly, however, state-aligned actors are blending espionage with disruptive ransomware tactics. New ...

December 2024 has the dubious distinction of being both the 35th anniversary of the first ransomware and the 20th anniversary of the first use of modern criminal ransomware. Since the late 1980’s ...