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Should your company pay cybercriminals after a ransomware attack? It depends.
Cybersecurity experts share strategies for managing ransomware attacks and deciding whether to pay …
Erica Sweeney
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The price of ransomware attacks is skyrocketing and government agencies are paying the most
Ransomware hackers are demanding ever more money for hijacked data. Government agencies and lower e…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Global Cyber Outage: What is CrowdStrike? How is it linked to the global Microsoft outage?
A global cyber outage has caused chaos for Microsoft users, airlines, banks, corporations worldwide…
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Hackers are now targeting the children of corporate executives in elaborate ransomware attacks
Charles Carmakal, the CTO of Mandiant, a cyber security firm and Google subsidiary, said hackers ar…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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This notorious Russian hacking group is threatening to release Trump court documents
LockBit is a notorious Russia-based ransomware group that has racked up over 2,000 victims and over…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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An infamous hacking group is reportedly behind the cyberattack that has left US pharmacies reeling
A notorious ransomware gang is reportedly behind the outage that has caused a massive backlog in fi…
Camilo Fonseca
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REvil ransomware group strikes again with attack on hundreds of companies right before long holiday weekend
REvil most recently attacked meat supplier JBS, which ultimately paid $11 million to get its proces…
Matthew Fox
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What you need to know about REvil - the hacking group that extorted hundreds of companies - in one minute or less
REvil, a Russia-based hacking group, has launched ransomware attacks against hundreds of victims, i…
Heather Schlitz
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Local news anchors used dry-erase markers and whiteboards after hackers targeted the second-largest TV station owner in the US
Video from several Sinclair Broadcast Group stations showed them struggling to produce newscasts, o…
Connor Perrett
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Computer maker Acer hit by ransomware attack demanding $50 million, largest ransom till date
According to Bleeping Computer, hackers have accessed Acer documents that include financial spre…
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GoodWill ransomware detected in India makes victim donate to poor, provides financial help to needy patients
"GoodWill ransomware was identified by CloudSEK researchers in March 2022. As the threat group's na…
PTI
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Ransomware 2.0 breaches 61 companies across the Asia-Pacific —India and Australia log the highest number of incidents
At least 61 entities from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region were breached by a targeted ransomware gro…
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A ransomware group says it stole Apple product blueprints, and is demanding the tech giant pay $50 million to get them back
Hacking group REvil says it stole product schematics. It first targeted Apple supplier Quanta with …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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North America has become the world's biggest ransomware target as DeFi and crypto use expands, study shows
From July 2020 to June 2021, most of the crypto-based attacks were associated with Russia-based cyb…
Isabelle Lee
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Binance was slapped with a $4.3 billion fine because it let groups like Hamas and ISIS receive funds: Treasury Department
"Can barely buy an AK-47 with 600 bucks," a Binance compliance staffer told his boss in 2019, per r…
Kai Xiang Teo,Matthew Loh
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What to know about the growing threat of ransomware attacks and their impact on companies of all sizes
As ransomware attacks become more aggressive and common, companies must reevaluate their cybersecur…
Stephen Lawton
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Okta plunges after hackers claim cyberattack that puts thousands of the company's business customers at risk
Okta CEO Todd McKinnon took to Twitter and said there was no evidence of any ongoing malicious acti…
Phil Rosen
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The White House is reportedly getting ready to roll out measures to combat the use of crypto in ransomware attacks
Colonial Pipeline and JBS were among this year's victims of high-profile ransomware attacks.
Carla Mozée
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Russia-linked cybercriminals raked in $400 million in cryptocurrency from ransomware attacks in 2021, Chainalysis says
About 74% of ransomware revenue last year went to cybercriminals who are highly likely to be affili…
Carla Mozée
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Cybercriminals are extorting huge sums of crypto in ransomware attacks as they go after bigger and bigger targets, Chainalysis says
A report by Chainalysis found that ransomware operators have become more effective than ever, and h…