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The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability

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What the ransom note won’t say

An attack is what you see, but a business operation is what you’re up against

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Naming and shaming: How ransomware groups tighten the screws on victims

When corporate data is exposed on a dedicated leak site, the consequences linger long after the attack fades from the news cycle

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First known AI-powered ransomware uncovered by ESET Research

The discovery of PromptLock shows how malicious use of AI models could supercharge ransomware and other threats

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The downside of ‘debugging’ ransomware

The decision to release a ransomware decryptor involves a delicate balancing act between helping victims recover their data and alerting criminals to errors in their code

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$5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware

Threat actors are increasingly using advanced tactics to obfuscate and launder their illicit gains, a report by the US Government finds

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Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020

The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows

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Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020

The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows

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Are you, the customer, the one paying the ransomware demand?

Ransomware payments may have greater implications than you thought – and not just for the company that gave in to the attackers’ demands

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Ransomware runs rampant, so how can you combat this threat?

A new paper explains how ransomware has become one of the top cyberthreats of the day and how your organization can avoid becoming the next victim

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