80% of firms that experienced a ransomware attack have paid up, says research - generating millions of dollars of easy cash for criminals

Hiscox report shows 80% of ransomware-hit firms pay attackers, with uncertain recovery, rising AI vulnerabilities, and ...
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Google updating Drive for desktop with AI ransomware detection

Drive for desktop is leveraging an AI model to identify attempts to bulk encrypt or corrupt files. Trained on millions of ...
CSO Online

Open-source DFIR Velociraptor was abused in expanding ransomware efforts

China-based threat actors abused outdated Velociraptor to maintain persistence and help deploy Warlock, LockBit, and Babuk ...

Akira ransomware breaching MFA-protected SonicWall VPN accounts

Ongoing Akira ransomware attacks targeting SonicWall SSL VPN devices continue to evolve, with the threat actors found to be ...

G7 officials vow to fight ransomware attacks; say stablecoin needs regulation

Financial leaders of the world's seven biggest economies on Tuesday vowed to fight rising ransomware attacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and said no stablecoin operation should start until it is ...