Introduction In an era where technology drives nearly every aspect of business operations, securing the infrastructure that ...

A true lose/lose situation.

Ransomware operators are hosting and delivering malicious payloads at scale by abusing virtual machines (VMs) provisioned by ...

Nitrogen ransomware’s ESXi encryptor corrupts its own public key, making file recovery impossible, even if victims pay.

Sophos researchers reveal that legitimate tooling and repeated Windows hostnames are common among the biggest cyber attackers.

According to Coveware, which peered under the hood of Nitrogen's ransomware program, a programming error prevents the gang's decryptor from recovering victims' files, so paying up is futile.

The operators of DragonForce, a ransomware-as-a-service outfit that first surfaced in 2023, appear to be drawing heavily from the organized crime playbook, creating a cartel and attempting to bring ...

A coding error, possibly introduced thanks to over-reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) vibe coding tools, has rendered an emergent strain of ransomware an acutely dangerous threat, according to ...

Cybercriminals are happy to target almost any industry where data can be stolen. In many cases, less prepared and less security-focused companies are simply easier targets. A recent ransomware attack ...

Common failures in security that enable vulnerabilities to be exploited, as well as the politicisation of technology leading to its use by nation-states for cyber crime, were among the biggest issues ...

Since its emergence in April 2022, Black Basta has cemented itself as one of the most prolific and sophisticated Ransomware-as-a-Service ...

Thembekile Olivia Mayayise does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...