Here is a practical look at common ransomware attacks, how they operate, and how organizations can defend against them.

Smaller crews piled in as old names splintered and rebranded Ransomware payments cratered in 2025, but it seems like the cybercrooks launching the attacks didn't get the memo.… That's the headline ...

Jurgita Lapienytė, chief editor at Cybernews, has told Digital Journal that AI has supercharged ransomware gangs in 2025, and ...

New, more complex ransomware groups are splintering from the big names, creating a highly competitive market for victims.

RansomHub’s rise and disruption showed how quickly an affiliate model can industrialize extortion and how easily key capabilities can outlive a single name.

HBO's "The Pitt" is showing audiences what a real Mississippi healthcare system is going through this week, thanks to a ransomware attack.

Online attackers are increasingly stealing data and holding it to ransom without encrypting files, doubling down on the use ...

Gartner's ransomware playbook lists three credential reset steps — all human, all Active Directory. Machine identities, which outnumber human ones 82 to 1, aren't mentioned.

The Qilin ransomware gang remained 'top dog' in January 2026 with over 100 observed cyber attacks to its name, amid a rapidly evolving, and fragmenting, cyber criminal ecosystem.

UMMC had to shut down its 35 medical clinics around Mississippi following a ransomware attack, the latest example of how such cybercriminals target healthcare institutions for money and the sensitive ...

A decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware has been developed and made avaliable to download for free by researchers at antivirus provider Avast. Ladislav Zezul, a malware researcher at Avast’s parent ...

Global IT releases a 2026 cyber risk reality check and executive workshop framework as fraud rises on CEO cyber risk ...