Victims of MegaCortex ransomware attacks can now decrypt their files without giving into the ransom demands of cyber criminals, thanks to a free decryption tool that's been released following ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

Ransomware doesn’t sneak into your PC like ordinary malware. It bursts in, points a gun at your data, and screams for cash—or else. And if you don’t learn to defend yourself, it could happen again and ...

For the first time, a ransomware called KeRanger has been developed for the Mac OS X operating system and has been actively infecting users. This ransomware was first discovered by Palo Alto Networks ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Consumers worried about the extremely disruptive online threat called “ransomware” have a serious ally in Trend Micro (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), one of the world’s leading ...

One of the worst types of malicious software that computer users worldwide are plagued with is ransomware. This type of malware encrypts the contents of the user's computer in an attempt to force the ...

Malware is an umbrella term that includes all types of malicious software, including viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, and spyware. These programs are designed to infect and cause damage to ...

Researchers spot Medusa ransomware operators deploying smuol.sys This driver mimics a legitimate CrowdStrike Falcon driver Medusa is actively targeting critical infrastructure organizations Operators ...

A new Dharma ransomware strain is using ESET AV Remover installations as a "smoke screen" technique designed to distract victims while their files are encrypted in the background as detailed by Trend ...

While cybercriminals are often seen as only interested in low-hanging fruit, attackers that’ve paid for access to an environment are ‘not going to give up that easily,’ says ThreatLocker Chief Product ...

Gone are the days when ransomware groups operated by launching mass email spam campaigns in the hopes of infecting random users across the internet. Today, ransomware operators have evolved from a ...