With Windows 10 no longer receiving support, it has become an easy target for hackers. That doesn't mean you have to upgrade ...

Healthcare organizations are facing evolving ransomware tactics as data extortion attacks are on the rise. Cyber attackers are taking advantage of the sensitive data held by healthcare providers to ...

A seasonal surge in malicious activity combined with alliances between ransomware groups led to a 41% increase in attacks between September and October. Cybercriminal group Qilin continues to be the ...

NHS England is investigating the possibility that it has fallen victim to a prolific ransomware operation, after the Cl0p (aka Clop) gang claimed to have hacked its systems via a post to its dark web ...

A Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named “susvsex” with built-in ransomware capabilities was uploaded on November 5, 2025. The extension, created with apparent assistance from Artificial ...

Ransomware payments have reached a historic low of 23%. Dropping success rates could lead to more targeted attacks with higher payouts. Large enterprises could have an increased risk of becoming ...

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As cybercrime surges around the world, new research increasingly shows that ransomware is evolving as a result of widely available generative AI tools. In some cases, attackers are using AI to draft ...

UPDATE 9-5-25: The malware, referred to in the story as PromptLock, was found to be part of research being done by the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. ESET discovered the malware the ...

UPDATE (September 3 rd, 2025): ESET Research has been contacted by the authors of an academic study, Ransomware 3.0: Self-Composing and LLM-Orchestrated, whose research prototype closely resembles the ...