Workforce monitoring software was abused in two cases of attempted ransomware attacks, researchers from Huntress found.

When corporate data is exposed on a dedicated leak site, the consequences linger long after the attack fades from the news cycle.

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The latest numbers from the state show ransomware attacks are up nearly 50 percent in North Carolina, with thousands of people victimized. The data was released as part of the state's data breach ...

A ransomware variant favored by a pro-Russia hacktivist group is back on the scene with a new version that has a fatal flaw — it keeps artifacts that allow victims to decrypt their files. VolkLocker ...

Black Hat Europe 2025 opened with a presentation by Max Smeets of Virtual Rotes titled ‘Inside the Ransomware Machine’. The talk focused on the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang and Max’s ...

Healthcare organizations are facing evolving ransomware tactics as data extortion attacks are on the rise. Cyber attackers are taking advantage of the sensitive data held by healthcare providers to ...

One of the world’s premier security organizations has canceled the results of its annual leadership election after an official lost an encryption key needed to unlock results stored in a verifiable ...

Two Russian web-hosting services that provide cover for ransomware operators, including LockBit, have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and international ...

Cybercriminals have weaponized the framework of a relatively new, free, open-source security penetration tool, AdaptixC2, to deliver malicious payloads. Its rapid adoption by bad actors follows an ...

After months of a rumoured comeback, the LockBit ransomware group seems to have effectively returned as new victims have emerged since the end of the summer 2025. The research branch of the ...