This will also support ransomware gang tracking and the success of countermeasures. While the pressure to quickly recover data can be overwhelming, paying the ransom only escalates the threat and ...

A security researcher designed a way to "weaponize" microcode updates to install ransomware directly onto the CPU. Rapid7 analyst Christiaan Beek drew inspiration from a critical flaw ...

Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive. well-known hacks Amount paid by victims to hackers declined by hundreds of millions of dollars.