U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes ...

Cybercriminals are continuing to refine their ransomware tools and attack techniques. See Also: Virtual Cloud Ransomware Tabletop: Unpacking an Attack from Detection to Recovery Notably, the gang ...

On 29 August 2025, Huntress analysts encountered a previously unseen ransomware variant called “Obscura.” This name was taken from the ransom note (README_Obscura.txt), which also made several ...

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Ransomware attacks have become ever more sophisticated. Attackers no longer just encrypt data – they threaten to expose sensitive data, though double extortion and triple extortion attacks. And ...

Popular online tools that convert '.pdf,' '.doc' and '.jpg' files to a different format are being mimicked by scammers who offer similar services but instead maliciously install malware and ransomware ...

A 36-year-old Yemeni national, who is believed to be the developer and primary operator of 'Black Kingdom' ransomware, has been indicted by the United States for conducting 1,500 attacks on Microsoft ...

Why it matters: Ransomware is a type of malicious software that cybercriminals use to encrypt data or lock a victim's system, holding it hostage until a ransom is paid. The attackers typically demand ...

Companies now face two kinds of liabilities from ransomware: business costs, and civil liability to the FTC and perhaps private litigants. Ransomware" is malicious software that enables attackers to ...

Scam Alert: FBI ‘Increasingly Seeing’ Malware Distributed In Document Converters Your email has been sent Threat actors may attempt to distribute malware, including ransomware, by offering free ...

A new report out today from anti-ransomware and cyber resilience platform provider Halcyon Tech Inc. details the increasingly sophisticated techniques used by the Arcus Media ransomware group. Not ...