Gone are the days when ransomware groups operated by launching mass email spam campaigns in the hopes of infecting random users across the internet. Today, ransomware operators have evolved from a ...

Ransomware gangs that steal a company's data and then get paid a ransom fee to delete it don't always follow through on their promise. Everything you need to know about ransomware: how it started, why ...

If your laptop or PC has been infected by ransomware, i.e. a blackmail virus, you’ll receive a message asking you to pay a ransom. You’ll feel like your in the the hot seat, but that’s the whole point ...

The recent cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline illustrated just how much of a threat ransomware is. While other attack vectors like phishing or distributed denial of service (DDOS) sometimes get ...

WASHINGTON — Over recent years, cybercriminals have targeted governments and small businesses alike in massive digital heists — making hundreds of millions of dollars in 2021 alone in exchange for ...

Last month, security researchers at FortiGuard Labs, the security research organization of Fortinet, published its findings regarding a ransomware variant that was infecting devices by disguising ...

Cybercriminals are becoming more aggressive in their effort to maximize disruption and compel the payment of ransom demands, and now there’s a new extortion tactic in play. In early November, the ...

The disruptive power of ransomware was already on full display last month, thanks to the Colonial Pipeline attack that for days halted fuel distribution from a crucial pipeline on the East Coast of ...

Ransomware gangs are increasingly failing to keep their promise to delete stolen data after a victim pays a ransom. In 2019, the Maze ransomware group introduced a new tactic known as double-extortion ...

The LockBit 2.0 ransomware gang is actively recruiting corporate insiders to help them breach and encrypt networks. In return, the insider is promised million-dollar payouts. Many ransomware gangs ...

Google is strengthening its ransomware defences with artificial intelligence-powered malware detection in the Drive cloud storage for customers on Workspace productivity plans, in an effort to limit ...

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