Ransomware has traditionally been associated with financially motivated cybercriminal groups. Increasingly, however, state-aligned actors are blending espionage with disruptive ransomware tactics. New ...

Ransomware threat actors tracked as Velvet Tempest are using the ClickFix technique and legitimate Windows utilities to deploy the DonutLoader malware and the CastleRAT backdoor.

Phishing emails that were sent last week as part of an extensive ransomware campaign designed to target government employees and contractors were also found in the inboxes of Army Cyber Command ...

North Korean-state backed Lazarus Group hackers are using Medusa ransomware in extortion attacks on U.S. healthcare entities despite a 2024 U.S. indictment of Rim ...

A grand jury in New Jersey has indicted two Iranian hackers in connection with the ransomware campaign that crippled more than 200 organizations, including Allscripts and several hospitals, ...

Cybersecurity news of concern. There has been a 49% year-over-year increase in publicly disclosed ransomware attacks, reaching a record 1,174 global incidents, alongside evidence of a ...

A vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) tool with a CVSS score of 10.0 is being actively exploited in ransomware attacks, Microsoft has warned. The tech giant published a ...

UMMC had to shut down its 35 medical clinics around Mississippi following a ransomware attack, the latest example of how such cybercriminals target healthcare institutions for money and the sensitive ...

interview It all started as an idea for a research paper. … Within a week, however, it nearly set the security industry on fire over what was believed to be the first-ever AI-powered ransomware. A ...

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has launched a new cyber security campaign encouraging all Australians to protect themselves against online threats. The initial focus of the campaign is ...

The FBI calls ransomware "a prevalent, increasing threat." Chris Stangl, a section chief at the FBI's Cyber Division, tells The Wall Street Journal that the threat is compounded by the difficulty of ...