Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Ransomware remains one of the most pervasive and evolving threats to organizational data ...

Security researcher Yohanes Nugroho has released a decryptor for the Linux variant of Akira ransomware, which utilizes GPU power to retrieve the decryption key and unlock files for free. Nugroho ...

Ransomware is a relentless threat that jeopardizes organizations worldwide. Criminals carefully calculate their demands to maximize the likelihood of payment, targeting organizations that can least ...

Bottom line: Victims of ransomware attacks are typically advised not to pay the ransom demanded by cybercriminals. Paying up offers no guarantee that the attackers will uphold their end of the deal, ...

A new report from Chainalysis finds that year-over-year payments to ransomware hackers fell 35 percent in 2024 despite a 13 percent increase in the estimated number of attacks. (Hard data on ...

Ransomware gang Hunters International has shut up shop and offered decryption keys to all victims as a parting favor.… Announcing the news on Thursday morning, the gang deleted all victim data from ...

VMware ESXi Servers Targeted by New Ransomware Variant from Cicada3301 Group Your email has been sent How the ransomware works Cyber attackers impersonating real organisation Cicada3310 could be a ...

A trove of chat logs allegedly belonging to the Black Basta ransomware group has leaked online, exposing key members of the prolific Russia-linked gang. The chat logs, which include over 200,000 ...

Rostislav Panev, a 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is accused of being a key developer for the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, has been extradited from Israel to the United States ...

Organizations with more than $1 billion in revenue saw ransomware containment time reduced by 33% after implementing ...

A dual Russian-Israeli national, suspected of being a key developer for the LockBit ransomware operation, has been extradited to the United States to face charges. Rostislav Panev, 51, was arrested in ...