Attackers used a script written in Python during a recent ransomware attack which took just three hours, encrypting all the virtual disks on the target's virtual machine hypervisor. Andrew Brandt, the ...

A threat actor is using an AI-built ransomware attack toolkit that automates Active Directory discovery and helps evade ...

Ransomware may not be as high profile as it was last year in the wake of WannaCry and other campaigns, but threat actors continue to improve on the malware. A recent example is PyLocky, a ransomware ...

Instead of solely leaning on leaky buckets and cloud service provider (CSP) vulnerabilities to exfiltrate sensitive data, a fresh crop of cloud-targeting ransomware is aimed instead at exploiting ...

Researchers took advantage of a weakness in the encryption scheme of Key Group ransomware and developed a decryption tool that lets some victims to recover their files for free. The decryptor was ...

Ransomware looked like it was on the decline in 2022, but a recent report by Chainalysis showed a significant rebound in 2023 — so much so that it was the most profitable year for ransomware seen so ...

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...

Ransomware is a big threat to organisations of all sizes. According to one piece of research, around two-thirds of disaster recovery incidents are a result of ransomware. Meanwhile, firms take an ...