If newbie to the ransomware scene VECT comes knocking at your organisation’s door – do not pay the ransom. That’s the call ...

Ransomware has always been more than a technical risk—it’s a business, a weapon, and a psychological warfare tool. In my previous Forbes article titled “Ransomware on a Rampage; a New Wake-Up Call,” I ...

The ex-FBI chief has also suggested that terrorism charges could follow ransomware attacks.

As cybercrime surges around the world, new research increasingly shows that ransomware is evolving as a result of widely available generative AI tools. In some cases, attackers are using AI to draft ...

Ransomware may no longer dominate daily headlines, but it has hardly retreated. While public attention shifted to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, ransomware groups accelerated their ...

In 2026, ransomware is more than just a cybersecurity problem. I've seen it spiral into an operational resilience problem, a reputational risk problem and, increasingly, a leadership problem. For ...

Anthropic's Claude Code large language model has been abused by threat actors who used it in data extortion campaigns and to develop ransomware packages. The company says that its tool has also been ...

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 ...

More than 337,000 patients of Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Tennessee have been notified that their personal and medical data was compromised in a July 2025 ransomware attack, the ...

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Ransomware is a type of malicious software that makes a victim’s data, system or device inaccessible. It locks the target or encrypts it (converting text into an unreadable form) until the victim pays ...

New ransomware variant destroys everything bigger than 128kb, making retrieval without a backup impossible.