Ransomware can hit businesses of any size. Here's how to keep your enterprise safe.

Jul 4, 2021 Jul 4, 2021 Updated Jul 22, 2021 0 Ransomware scrambles the target organization's data with encryption. The criminals leave instructions on infected computers for negotiating ransom ...

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Ransomware is indeed one of the most significant security concerns on the internet and one of the most prominent forms of cyber threats that organizations face today. File and document encryption is ...

Unfortunately, ransomware has become more and more prevalent in recent years. According to cybersecurity firm Mandiant, ransomware accounted for 21 percent of the intrusion incidents last year. The ...

DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...

In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting U.S. state and local governments surged 23 percent, with 117 documented attacks, signaling a troubling rise in this breed of cyber attack. In this time, the ...

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models, double extortion tactics, and increasing adoption of AI characterize the evolving ransomware threat landscape. Law enforcement takedowns of groups such as ...

Ransomware isn’t just locking systems — it’s weaponizing fear, shame and time to bleed US banks dry. It's pay up, or get exposed. Before sunrise on a chilly November morning, I got the kind of call no ...

When cybercrime began making headlines in the 1980s, there was an unwritten code of ethics between hackers that healthcare was off-limits. Today, that moral philosophy is no more as hospitals and ...