Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. All too often, when a company is breached, the bad actor, through various techniques, ...

Ransomware attacks are a serious and growing threat to individuals and organisations. They can cause data loss, financial ...

Incident response firms negotiate with hackers while also processing payments to them, leading to potential betrayals of ...

In 2023, companies paid more in ransomware attacks than ever before, more than $1 billion according to Chainalysis, with a trend line from 2019 showing continued escalation. I don't believe that ...

The GRIT 2026 Ransomware & Cyber Threat Report provides exclusive in-depth research, insights and analysis on a year of record-breaking ransomware activity, examining who cybercriminals are targeting ...

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Early this year, when an executive at a hospital called our Incident Response (IR) team, he had yet to realize that his organization was confronting an active ransomware attack. Symantec Endpoint ...

Data protection and cyber recovery solutions company Index Engines Inc. today announced a newly granted patent for its artificial intelligence-powered process that automates the collection, detection ...

Abstract "Double-extortion" ransomware attacks not only encrypt systems but also steal sensitive data. Traditional backups ...

A new report from Chainalysis finds that year-over-year payments to ransomware hackers fell 35 percent in 2024 despite a 13 percent increase in the estimated number of attacks. (Hard data on ...

Daily news stories about phishing scams and endpoint attacks do little to diminish the growing threat of ransomware. This ...