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What is ransomware?

We’ll explain more about ransomware and ransomware attacks to help businesses better understand, prepare for and prevent ...
Abstract "Double-extortion" ransomware attacks not only encrypt systems but also steal sensitive data. Traditional backups ...
DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...
Groups' victim listings and underground chatter suggest that the count of victims and number of criminal groups behind such ...
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Incident response firms negotiate with hackers while also processing payments to them, leading to potential betrayals of ...
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 ...
Through a public records request, WRAL Investigates retrieved data from the state on which companies were victimized in the ...
Corrected: A previous version of this article should have said that schools and universities around the world continue to be one of the top target of ransomware gangs. Schools and universities around ...