The researchers claimed to have discovered AI-supported ransomware for the first time. But this was a misunderstanding.

Zensec (formally Solace Cyber) alerts the cybersecurity community to the emergence of PromptLock, the first known AI-powered ransomware, discovered by ESET researchers. Although not yet active in ...

A concerning trend is the use of the outdated PowerShell v1.0 scripting language in a third of ransomware attacks, taking ...

Security researchers have spotted ransomware that uses a local LLM to create variable output from prompts, making it harder to detect.

Ransomware has evolved significantly over the past decade, transforming from crude DIY tool kits to sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models and, more recently, to AI-assisted attacks ...

Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive. well-known hacks Amount paid by victims to hackers declined by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ransomware gangs continued to wreak havoc in 2024, but new research shows that the amounts victims paid these cybercriminals fell by hundreds of millions of dollars.

The window for intrusion detection keeps getting shorter as ransomware group’s time-to-ransom (TTR) accelerates.

Ransomware attacks place organizations in a difficult, high-stress position, but paying the ransom is never the answer.

A cyber-espionage campaign centered on vulnerable versions of Microsoft's server software now involves the deployment of ransomware, Microsoft said in a late Wednesday blog post.

Ransomware hackers have continued an assault on National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom by compromising multiple hospitals, exposing sensitive patient data, and disrupting ...