ransomware

Rapidly growing internet penetration is outpacing implementation of appropriate cyber security standards while countries in Global South are excluded …

Ransomware comes in more than one form, so here's what to look out for

The 'sympathetic' ransomware group originally misattributed the victim as Thames Water

It's the first time an attack of this nature has been seen by the expert researchers

Threat actors tailored attacks on victims such as pharmaceutical companies, with researchers still in the dark on key details

Allied cyber security authorities say the most active strains of 2021 have been in operation for longer than five years, and are being constantly deve…

The ransomware gang responsible is also linked with the group that took down Colonial Pipeline a year ago

The symptoms of this distraught data victim sounded an awful lot like ransomware, and it turned out the easiest way out was the most unpalatable optio…

VARs, systems integrators, and distributors saw a 143% year-on-year increase in attacks during Q2

Researchers blamed the rise on a marked increase in activity from a select few prolific ransomware operations

AlphV/BlackCat claims "data is coming soon" to its deep web blog in a suspected double-extortion ransomware attack

Ransomware attack has prevented the ability to back up data, with attackers demanding Bitcoin in return for decryption

The two UK authorities say misconceptions around ICO fines are jeopardising the integrity of UK cyber security, in a direct appeal to the Law Society

The developer-favourite language is fast becoming a delight for ransomware criminals

North Korean state-sponsored attackers are said to have been targeting critical services since at least May 2021

The move away from Go and an encryption redesign makes the new strain even more of a threat to business targets

Experts have got their hands on the latest ransomware program from LockBit with "large portions of the code" ripped straight from the scariest strains…

Experts believe the cause of the days-long outage to be the result of ransomware, though the company has not yet confirmed the nature of the attack

Researchers have urged vigilance over compressed attachments sent under false pretenses

Functionality allows ransomware to encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive to make them potentially unrecoverable, vendor says

The Italian municipality is attempting to defy attackers by restoring its systems from backups