Black Hat Europe made clear that cybersecurity can no longer be separated from politics as ransomware, AI and long-standing security failures collide ...

A recently-discovered ransomware dubbed “DeadLock” is stealthily exploiting Polygon smart contracts to rotate and distribute proxy addresses, say researchers at cybersecurity firm Group-IB. The ...

The ransomware family’s abuse of Polygon smart contracts echoes techniques recently seen in Ethereum-based attacks.

Ransomware has always been more than a technical risk—it’s a business, a weapon, and a psychological warfare tool. In my previous Forbes article titled “Ransomware on a Rampage; a New Wake-Up Call,” I ...

Ransomware can hit businesses of any size. Here's how to keep your enterprise safe.

Incident response firms negotiate with hackers while also processing payments to them, leading to potential betrayals of ...

Google is adding ransomware detection to its Drive for desktop utility. The feature uses AI to detect likely attacks and stop syncing encrypted files. It's available as a beta release today for ...

New AI-powered capabilities in Google Drive aim to block ransomware from spreading after a malicious change to a file is detected. Google unveiled what it’s calling a new approach to combating ...

Anthropic's Claude Code large language model has been abused by threat actors who used it in data extortion campaigns and to develop ransomware packages. The company says that its tool has also been ...

On 29 August 2025, Huntress analysts encountered a previously unseen ransomware variant called “Obscura.” This name was taken from the ransom note (README_Obscura.txt), which also made several ...

Ransomware attacks remain among the most common attack methods. As recent analyses show, cyber gangs are increasingly ...

‘We’re not going to abandon Ingram. If we had the mindset that any partner who experiences a breach is off the table, we’d have zero partners. All the major companies, this is part of the game as you ...