Ransomware groups were the most active in February of 2025, with 1014 claims in the shortest month of the year, while June ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. As one of the world’s most infamous ransomware gangs, Lockbit, ...

Ransomware is a form of malicious software that infiltrates a computer or network and limits or restricts access to critical data by encrypting files until a ransom is paid. Ransomware attacks are on ...

Ransomware statistics from the second quarter of the year show that the ransoms paid to extortionists have dropped in value, a trend that continues since the last quarter of 2021. Ransomware ...

Ash-har Quraishi is a consumer correspondent based in Chicago. He is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of local, national, international and investigative reporting experience.

Japanese electronics giant Casio has confirmed that a ransomware attack earlier this month resulted in the theft of customer data. Casio first confirmed on October 7 it had been hit by a cyberattack, ...

A growing concern for municipal governments nationwide involves the threat of ransomware attacks. Hackers are frequently creating campaigns designed to take advantage of local employees and steal ...

Everything you need to know about ransomware: how it started, why it's booming, how to protect against it, and what to do if your PC is infected. Read now Starting with late 2019 and early 2020, the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — An international ransomware group that has previously targeted government agencies in Indonesia and France is taking responsibility for the major cyberattack that has rocked ...

U.S. satellite television provider Dish confirmed that a ransomware is to blame for an ongoing outage and warned that intruders exfiltrated data from its systems. The multiday outage, which began last ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, designed ...