A new 'White Phoenix' ransomware decryptor allows victims to partially recover files encrypted by ransomware strains that use intermittent encryption. Intermittent encryption is a strategy employed by ...
Have you been unable to access files and other data on your computer lately? –Voila, you have fallen prey to a ransomware attack. As the brick and mortar businesses shift their presence to the digital ...
Researchers have created a decryptor that exploits a flaw in Black Basta ransomware, allowing victims to recover their files for free. The decryptor allows Black Basta victims from November 2022 to ...
Nowadays, ransomware attacks are becoming more and more frequent. In many cases, the hacker utilizes ransomware to encrypt your important data, and then asks for some money in exchange for decrypting ...
Victims of a recently uncovered form of ransomware are being warned not to pay the ransom demand, simply because the ransomware isn't able to decrypt files – it just destroys them instead. Coded in ...
Ransomware attacks turn important files into encrypted gibberish. Paying to get them back may seem like your only option, but the best ransomware protection we've tested can prevent those attacks from ...
Ransomware looked like it was on the decline in 2022, but a recent report by Chainalysis showed a significant rebound in 2023 — so much so that it was the most profitable year for ransomware seen so ...
Paying the ransom is no guarantee of a smooth or even successful recovery of data. But that isn’t even the only issue ...
NEW YORK – It’s a chilling moment: A message appears on a computer screen, saying the files are encrypted and the only way to access them is by paying a ransom. It happened at Jeff Salter’s home ...
The first quarter of 2022 saw more ransomware attacks than in all of 2021, according to research by cyber security supplier WatchGuard. The firm expects 2022 to be a record year for ransomware attacks ...