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 ...
Hackers use ransomware to go after every industry, charging as much money as they can to return access to a victim's files. It’s a lucrative business to be in. In the first six months of 2023, ...
Attackers access storage buckets with exposed AWS keys The files are then encrypted and scheduled for deletion after a week ...
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 ...
April 14 (Reuters) - DaVita (DVA.N), opens new tab said on Monday it was hit by a ransomware attack that encrypted certain elements of its network, and some of its operations remained disrupted ...
The methods for preventing and remediating ransomware events should be a superset of the preparedness and remediation ...
Like a cut episode of Black Mirror, a ransomware has been spotted that prompts AI to cause havoc in machines. Naturally, it's called PromptLock, and it reportedly uses OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b, which ...
Two former employees of well-known cybersecurity incident response firms have admitted to participating in ransomware attacks ...
Ransomware actors are largely eschewing encryption, with at least 80% of attacks last year focusing solely on exfiltrating data, as it is quicker and easier, according to ReliaQuest. The threat ...
As if surveys aren't already annoying, a new ransomware utilizes the FileIce survey platform to force you to do surveys before unlocking your computer. First discovered by GData security researcher ...
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 ...
Ransomware looked like it was on the decline in 2022, but a recent report by Chainalysis showed a significant rebound in 2023 — so much so that it was the most profitable year for ransomware seen so ...