Couldn't figure out a better forum for this. Hopefully soon I'll have some money to buy a low-end NAS that I can use for backups which I can make a little safer than a connected USB drive, in terms of ...

Even top-of-the-range antivirus software can’t restore encrypted data unless a certain decryption key has been developed for ...

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, ...

A true lose/lose situation.

Nitrogen ransomware’s ESXi encryptor corrupts its own public key, making file recovery impossible, even if victims pay.

The Anubis ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operator has developed a novel dual threat capability to increase pressure on victims. Trend Micro researchers discovered a “wipe mode” in the ransomware ...

New partnership improves the ability of organizations to better detect, respond to and recover from ransomware attacks.

When Microsoft patched a vulnerability last summer that allowed threat actors to use Windows’ shortcut (.lnk) files in ...

Ransomware groups are back at encrypting victim data for extortion, in addition to exfiltrating it, increasing chances of ...

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 ...

Cybersecurity vendor Sophos is being impersonated by a new ransomware-as-a-service called SophosEncrypt, with the threat actors using the company name for their operation. Discovered yesterday by ...

A state vendor and major provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Rhode Island confirmed it was the victim of a ...