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Jul 4, 2021 Jul 4, 2021 Updated Jul 22, 2021 0 Ransomware scrambles the target organization's data with encryption. The criminals leave instructions on infected computers for negotiating ransom ...

In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting U.S. state and local governments surged 23 percent, with 117 documented attacks, signaling a troubling rise in this breed of cyber attack. In this time, the ...

As ransomware locks users out of their devices, recovery speed becomes the true measure of digital resilience.

It’s kind of scary to think how much of our lives are on our phones. Our emails, our messages, our photos, our calendar appointments, our banking information, our social lives, and more. This means ...

Cybercriminals regularly target small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with ransomware attacks. If they’re successful, they can lock you out of your networks and prevent you from accessing your ...

Earlier this week, I was attacked by ransomware. It’s a new type of malware that encrypts the vast majority of files in a computer. PDFs, image files or Office documents are just some examples of the ...

Ransomware is indeed one of the most significant security concerns on the internet and one of the most prominent forms of cyber threats that organizations face today. File and document encryption is ...

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models, double extortion tactics, and increasing adoption of AI characterize the evolving ransomware threat landscape. Law enforcement takedowns of groups such as ...

When cybercrime began making headlines in the 1980s, there was an unwritten code of ethics between hackers that healthcare was off-limits. Today, that moral philosophy is no more as hospitals and ...