The little snippet of Python code strikes fast and nasty, taking less than three hours to complete a ransomware attack from initial breach to encryption.

A new kind of ransomware written in Python has upped the encryption game by using a unique key for every file it encrypts on a victim's machine, researchers have warned.

Operators of an unknown ransomware gang are using a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers.

Threat researchers at Sophos have identified a new strain of unusually fast-acting ransomware written in the Python programming language that has targeted VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines ...

The Russian-linked cyber crime gang associated with carrying out a major ransomware attack against a software company used a code that avoids targeting systems that use Russian and other former Sov… ...