The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation Anubis has distinguished itself with a data wiping functionality in its malware kit, according to Trend Micro research published last week. Anubis, a ...

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

In 2022, the ALPHV Ransomware as a Service group attacked the city of Alexandria, La., with its malware. Two years later, LockBit ransomware bandits attacked Wichita, Kans. Once novel RaaS gangs are ...

Data Theft Drove 94% of Global Cyberattacks in 2024 & Ransomware Defenses are “Increasingly Complex” Your email has been sent Ransomware groups now steal, encrypt, and threaten to leak company data on ...

An in-development build of the upcoming ShinySp1d3r ransomware-as-a-service platform has surfaced, offering a preview of the upcoming extortion operation. ShinySp1d3r is the name of an emerging RaaS ...

The Hunters International Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation is shutting down and rebranding with plans to switch to data theft and extortion-only attacks. As threat intelligence firm Group-IB ...

Ransomware attacks are increasing, according to a new report. Update, Jan. 31, 2025: A new comment from a threat intelligence expert has been added concerning the renewed LockBit ransomware threat. As ...

You may be familiar with ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), but now there's also packer-as-a-service. Security vendor Sophos on Dec. 6 published research on "Shanya," a packer-as-a-service family that ...

In 2025, companies and government agencies have been targeted by a seemingly nonstop series of cyberattacks — including both disruptive ransomware attacks and incidents focused on data theft and ...

Around 5.6 million individuals have had their sensitive personal, medical and financial information breached as a result of a ransomware attack on US healthcare giant Ascension. The company shared the ...

A ransomware group called Hunters International has published some of the data it claims to have stolen from Tata Technologies, just over a month after the Indian company confirmed a ransomware attack ...