Qilin claims it leaked 6.3GB of ATF data tied to investigations. ATF confirms a CALEA system breach but has not authenticated ...

Qilin ransomware hit a standalone ATF system and leaked 6.3GB of files, including case records and phone extractions from open investigations.

Best ransomware protection in 2026: 5 tools tested for default settings, file recovery and false alerts. Norton 360 takes ...

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed ...

If you use Google Drive, your cloud-stored files will now be protected against ransomware. That’s peace of mind against extortion. Google began beta testing a new Google Drive feature that scans for ...

If your laptop or PC has been infected by ransomware, i.e. a blackmail virus, you’ll receive a message asking you to pay a ransom. You’ll feel like your in the the hot seat, but that’s the whole point ...

The new 'AXLocker' ransomware family is not only encrypting victims' files and demanding a ransom payment but also stealing the Discord accounts of infected users. When a user logs into Discord with ...

A newly identified ransomware strain is accidentally destroying the very files it's supposed to hold for ransom. And for the victims who end up paying, they're getting nothing back. Cybersecurity firm ...

The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents ...

Researchers have exploited a weakness in a particular strain of the Black Basta ransomware to release a decryptor for the malware, but it doesn't recover all of the files encrypted by the prolific ...

Couldn't figure out a better forum for this. Hopefully soon I'll have some money to buy a low-end NAS that I can use for backups which I can make a little safer than a connected USB drive, in terms of ...

Victims of the LockerGoga ransomware can now recover their stolen files for free, thanks to a new decryptor released by Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender and the NoMoreRansom Initiative. The ...