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 ...

Victims of a destructive form of ransomware, which fails to unlock files even if the ransom is paid, can now retrieve their files for free with a new file decryptor released by security researchers.

A decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware has been developed and made avaliable to download for free by researchers at antivirus provider Avast. Ladislav Zezul, a malware researcher at Avast’s parent ...

Good news for many victims of WannaCry: Free tools can be used to decrypt some PCs that were forcibly encrypted by the ransomware, providing the prime numbers used to build the crypto keys remain in ...

New capability indexes ransomware leak-site file trees into Cerberus platform, accelerating incident response even when organizations aren’t the primary victim ...

New capability indexes ransomware leak-site file trees into Cerberus platform, accelerating incident response even when organizations aren’t the primary victim. This feature allows analysts to quickly ...

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A coding error, possibly introduced thanks to over-reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) vibe coding tools, has rendered an emergent strain of ransomware an acutely dangerous threat, according to ...