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 ...

Here is a practical look at common ransomware attacks, how they operate, and how organizations can defend against them.

Victims of a destructive form of ransomware, which fails to unlock files even if the ransom is paid, can now retrieve their files for free with a new file decryptor released by security researchers.

LockBit ransomware developers were secretly building a new version of their file encrypting malware, dubbed LockBit-NG-Dev - likely to become LockBit 4.0, when law enforcement took down the ...

Jurgita Lapienytė, chief editor at Cybernews, has told Digital Journal that AI has supercharged ransomware gangs in 2025, and ...

Google has launched a new AI-based protection in Drive for desktop that can shut down an attack before it spreads—but its benefits have their limits. While antivirus scanners monitor for signs of ...

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 ...

Ransomware was the largest threat to U.S. critical infrastructure in 2024, with complaints rising 9% from 2023.

The FBI is warning that fake online document converters are being used to steal peoples’ information and, in worst-case scenarios, to deploy ransomware on victims' devices. The warning came last week ...

Cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving, with ransomware attacks becoming more sophisticated by the day. One noteworthy addition to the cybersecurity menace is the Interlock Ransomware, which ...

Ransomware is a nasty bit of malware. Effectively, it locks down your device, and the only way of potentially getting access back is by paying hackers to get it removed. At least, that's what ...