Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the 'ShrinkLocker' ransomware strain, which uses Windows' built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim's files. Discovered in May 2024 by ...

The BianLian ransomware group is ramping up its operations and maturing as a business, moving more swiftly than ever to compromise systems. It's also moving away from encryption to pure data-theft ...

The Vice Society ransomware operation has switched to using a custom ransomware encrypt that implements a strong, hybrid encryption scheme based on NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305. According to ...

SSE-C stands (well, stood) for “Server Side Encryption- Customer-provided keys”. It allowed you to provide an encryption key ...

Only a quarter (24%) of ransomware incident involved the encryption of data. Data was stolen and either leaked or retained in 54% of cases analyzed. These multidimensional tactics appear largely ...

When ransomware strikes, most organizations spring into action as if they’re responding to a classic crime scene: Tape off the perimeter, start the restoration process, and try to regain access to ...

Cybersecurity analysts have released a decryptor for BianLian ransomware that could allow victims to retrieve their encrypted files for free -- and avoid paying a ransom demand to cyber criminals.

For some attackers who are skipping the encryption — and solely pressuring victims to pay over stolen data — the goal is actually to minimize disruption, experts told CRN. While traditional ransomware ...

Security operations platform startup Adlumin Inc. today announced a new ransomware prevention feature that immediately detects and stops ransomware from encrypting files. Called Adlumin Ransomware ...

The tactics used by the Royal ransomware group allow for fast and stealthy encryption and share similarities with the defunct Conti group. A new ransomware group dubbed Royal that formed earlier this ...

The share of ransomware victims whose data was encrypted by their extorters grew to 76% over the past year, the highest since Sophos began recording these trends, the vendor claimed today. The Sophos ...

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 ...