Ransomware actors are ditching Cobalt Strike in favor of native Windows tools, as payment rates hit record lows and data theft surges.

EDR killers are a fundamental part of modern ransomware intrusions; affiliates prefer a short, reliable window to run encryptors rather than constantly modifying payloads. Affiliates, not operators, ...

Connecting the dots: Ransomware has become one of the most devastating threats in the digital era, locking away critical files and demanding costly payouts. When combined with AI and cloud computing, ...

Files on a central cloud server used by the ransomware group highlight a systematic, aggressive attack on network backups as a key TTP.

In 2022, the ALPHV Ransomware as a Service group attacked the city of Alexandria, La., with its malware. Two years later, LockBit ransomware bandits attacked Wichita, Kans. Once novel RaaS gangs are ...

For years, organizations treated ransomware as a technical threat, but that mindset is now dangerously outdated as ransomware ...

A decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware has been developed and made avaliable to download for free by researchers at antivirus provider Avast. Ladislav Zezul, a malware researcher at Avast’s parent ...

Ransomware has evolved significantly over the past decade, transforming from crude DIY tool kits to sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models and, more recently, to AI-assisted attacks. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal authorities are warning users of Gmail, Outlook, and other popular email services about dangerous ransomware linked to a ...

A newly identified custom backdoor deployed in several recent ransomware attacks has been linked to at least one RansomHub ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation affiliate. Symantec researchers who ...

About 90% of healthcare organizations are insecurely connected to the internet and running systems vulnerable to exploitation by ransomware gangs, according to research released this week by ...

Ransomware actors targeting ESXi bare metal hypervisors are leveraging SSH tunneling to persist on the system while remaining undetected. VMware ESXi appliances have a critical role in virtualized ...