Victims of the CoinVault ransomware might be able to decrypt their files with a free tool released by Kaspersky Lab together with the Dutch police. The tool can be found at ...

The Kraken ransomware, which targets Windows, Linux/VMware ESXi systems, is testing machines to check how fast it can encrypt ...

Cybersecurity analysts have released a decryptor for BianLian ransomware that could allow victims to retrieve their encrypted files for free -- and avoid paying a ransom demand to cyber criminals.

Researchers have conducted a technical experiment, testing ten ransomware variants to determine how fast they encrypt files and evaluate how feasible it would be to timely respond to their attacks.

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after ...

Kraken ransomware measures system performance before deciding the scale of encryption damageShadow copies, Recycle Bin, and ...

The security company that two weeks ago said it would lead a group effort to crack an encryption key used in a “ransomware” scam today offered victims more practical advice as it published ...

This week, Nubeva Technologies, which develops decryption tools focused on ransomware, published a case study describing how it was able to help one small hospital untangle a ransomware attack that ...

Police tricked a ransomware gang into handing over decryption keys, providing victims with the ability to unlock their encrypted data for free. Working alongside cybersecurity company Responders.NU, ...

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Move over viruses, step aside worms: Ransomware has the spotlight and isn't about to give it up. From taking down entire fuel pipelines to hijacking hospital networks, it's the cyberattack du jour.