New, more complex ransomware groups are splintering from the big names, creating a highly competitive market for victims.
The number of ransomware victims paying threat actors has dropped to 28% last year, an all-time low, despite a significant ...
In last month’s reporting cycle, we saw one of the largest healthcare data breaches in U.S. history, ransomware groups tied to North Korea targeting hospitals, and firewall vulnerabilities that ...
Market analysts Chainalysis found the number of ransomware incidents in 2025 rose by 50% compared to the previous year, earning criminals $820 million - although this number may s ...
European companies are being targeted more and more by ransomware attacks High income and strict regulations make them lucrative targets, Crowdstrike finds Geopolitics also plays a role in the ...
New Annual Report from the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) Reveals a 58% YoY Increase in Ransomware Victims as Record Activity Becomes the New Norm GuidePoint Security, the ...
Ransomware threat actors tracked as Velvet Tempest are using the ClickFix technique and legitimate Windows utilities to deploy the DonutLoader malware and the CastleRAT backdoor.
Chainalysis reveals a big surge in median ransomware payment size in 2025 despite overall drop in criminal revenue ...
Security researchers observed a 30% annual increase in ransomware victims listed on extortion sites last year, with AI helping to lower the barrier to entry for new threat groups. Searchlight Cyber's ...
A ransomware variant favored by a pro-Russia hacktivist group is back on the scene with a new version that has a fatal flaw — it keeps artifacts that allow victims to decrypt their files. VolkLocker ...
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’ – ...
Government agencies, emergency clinics, and others in Australia, New Zealand, and Tonga have had serious run-ins with the prolific ransomware outfit.