All of these stories have one thing in common: They were all caused by ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations. The rise of RaaS marks a quantum leap in the evolution of cybercrime, and both ...

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The U.S. government has made big strides over the past four years in the ongoing fight against the “scourge of ransomware,” as President Joe Biden described it. Despite the government’s ...

Ransomware is nasty stuff. This type of malware encrypts files on your PC so that you can’t access them—unless you pay the attacker to unlock the data. In other words, your files are held ...

A global coalition of technology companies and law enforcement bodies is calling for "aggressive and urgent" action against ransomware. Microsoft, Amazon, the FBI and the UK's National Crime ...

Why it matters: There have been several incidents of authorities shutting down major ransomware operations this year, including the seizing and disruption of LockBit. As such, you'd be forgiven ...

A critical access control vulnerability affecting SonicWall’s SonicOS network access solutions, SSLVPN, and management access, is being excessively exploited by ransomware affiliates for ...