Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the 'ShrinkLocker' ransomware strain, which uses Windows' built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim's files. Discovered in May 2024 by ...

Ransomware is nasty stuff. This type of malware encrypts files on your PC so that you can’t access them—unless you pay the attacker to unlock the data. In other words, your files are held ...

Why it matters: There have been several incidents of authorities shutting down major ransomware operations this year, including the seizing and disruption of LockBit. As such, you'd be forgiven ...

A file-encrypting malware family posing as the LockBit ransomware has been observed targeting macOS systems. A new macOS malware family capable of encrypting files and pretending to be the LockBit ...

A new Rust-based version of the Qilin (Agenda) ransomware strain, dubbed 'Qilin.B,' has been spotted in attacks, featuring stronger encryption, better evasion from security tools, and the ability ...

Data theft and ransomware attacks against health care and critical third-party providers are still happening at an alarmingly high rate in 2024, which is shaping up to be as severe as last year ...

Threat actors have been observed abusing Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Transfer Acceleration feature as part of ransomware attacks designed to exfiltrate victim data and upload them to S3 buckets ...

Anti-malware vendor Avast on Tuesday published a free decryption tool to help victims to recover from the Mallox ransomware attacks. First observed in 2021 and also known as Fargo, TargetCompany, and ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an advanced version of the Qilin ransomware sporting increased sophistication and tactics to evade detection. The new variant is being tracked by ...

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Incident response firm GuidePoint Security is tracking around 70 ransomware groups, mostly from Eastern Europe but some from Iran, North Korea, and China. Some will settle for 50% of the original ...

There is one sort of attack that illustrates this transition better than most: ransomware. Ransomware is an extremely lucrative example of computer crime going "corporate": incentivized by the ...