A new 'White Phoenix' ransomware decryptor allows victims to partially recover files encrypted by ransomware strains that use intermittent encryption. Intermittent encryption is a strategy employed by ...

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed ...

VolkLocker uses AES-256 in Galois/Counter Mode ( GCM) for encryption through Golang's "crypto/rand" package. Every encrypted ...

A new version of VolkLocker, wielded by the pro-Russia RaaS group CyberVolk, has some key enhancements but one fatal flaw.

Police tricked a ransomware gang into handing over decryption keys, providing victims with the ability to unlock their encrypted data for free. Working alongside cybersecurity company Responders.NU, ...

The complex, multi-layered encryption scheme increases recovery challenges for enterprises targeted by its double-extortion ...

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after ...

Hackers use ransomware to go after every industry, charging as much money as they can to return access to a victim's files. It’s a lucrative business to be in. In the first six months of 2023, ...

The RansomHouse ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has recently upgraded its encryptor, switching from a relatively simple single ...

The Royal ransomware gang has quickly risen to the top of the ransomware food chain, demonstrating sophisticated tactics — including partial and rapid encryption — that researchers believe may reflect ...

This week, Nubeva Technologies, which develops decryption tools focused on ransomware, published a case study describing how it was able to help one small hospital untangle a ransomware attack that ...

You probably know better than to click on links that download unknown files onto your computer. It turns out that uploading files can get you into trouble, too. Today ...