Security researchers are warning of a new strain of the Locky ransomware — the malware responsible for crippling networks at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky., and King’s Daughters’ Health in ...

As ransomware attacks increasingly target backup data, many organizations are discovering that not all “immutable” storage is ...

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

Couldn't figure out a better forum for this. Hopefully soon I'll have some money to buy a low-end NAS that I can use for backups which I can make a little safer than a connected USB drive, in terms of ...

Ransomware actors are largely eschewing encryption, with at least 80% of attacks last year focusing solely on exfiltrating data, as it is quicker and easier, according to ReliaQuest. The threat ...

Cases of straight-up data theft and extortion now appear to be more widespread a threat than ransomware, becoming the single most observed threat in the second calendar quarter of 2023, according to ...

To no surprise, ransomware continued to disrupt organizations across every sector in 2025. Although each incident looked ...

Hackers are actively exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in Openfire messaging servers to encrypt servers with ransomware and deploy cryptominers. Openfire is a widely used Java-based open-source ...

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 ...

Introduction As the world is more and more switched to the availability of the internet, web browsers act as portals to numerous services and data. However, such conveniences mean the existence of ...

Cybersecurity vendor Sophos is being impersonated by a new ransomware-as-a-service called SophosEncrypt, with the threat actors using the company name for their operation. Discovered yesterday by ...

Two US-based cybersecurity professionals have pleaded guilty to federal charges over their alleged involvement in a ...