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What is ransomware?

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 ...
Ransomware scrambles the target organization's data with encryption. The criminals leave instructions on infected computers for negotiating ransom payments. Once paid, they provide decryption keys for ...
This is an updated version of a story first published on April 14, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. The FBI and private security companies are in constant combat with ransomware gangs: ...
In the realm of cybercrime, change is arguably the only constant. While cyber-extortion as a broader category of crime has proved its staying power, ransomware – its arguably most damaging ‘flavor’ – ...
Thousands of schools around the US were paralyzed on Thursday after education tech firm Instructure shut down access to its ...
DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon blockchain smart contracts to manage and rotate proxy server addresses, ...
In 2026, ransomware is more than just a cybersecurity problem. I've seen it spiral into an operational resilience problem, a reputational risk problem and, increasingly, a leadership problem. For ...