Despite the police's best efforts, ransomware continues to rise with more actors, more victims, and more trouble.
A federal district court in the Southern District of Florida has accepted the guilty pleas of two men to conspiring to ...
A ransomware variant favored by a pro-Russia hacktivist group is back on the scene with a new version that has a fatal flaw — it keeps artifacts that allow victims to decrypt their files. VolkLocker ...
A new ransomware operator has emerged that relies on open source malware to launch double-extortion attacks that have claimed several victims. However, its ransomware has a flaw that gives victims a ...
Through a public records request, WRAL Investigates retrieved data from the state on which companies were victimized in the ...
Business.com on MSN

What is ransomware?

We’ll explain more about ransomware and ransomware attacks to help businesses better understand, prepare for and prevent ...
Despite a spike in ransomware attacks, fewer companies are paying ransom demands to free their data. A report from ransomware-remediation firm, Coveware Inc. reveals that just 28% of companies hit by ...
Federal officials are warning consumers against a type of cyberattack that’s been on the rise. It’s called Medusa, a ransomware program that uses tactics like phishing to infect a target’s system and ...
Some stories, though, were more impactful or popular with our readers than others. This article explores 15 of the biggest ...
Incident response firms negotiate with hackers while also processing payments to them, leading to potential betrayals of their clients’ trust.