Nearly 5,300 ransomware victims were reported last year, a 26 percent increase from the previous year, according to new analysis. The Cybernews team looked at data from the Ransomlooker tool, which ...

There are figures like this in a document released by the National Police Agency this September.There were 123 reports of ...

In less than six months, Hive ransomware affiliates have affected hundreds of companies, according to new research by Group-IB. Threat analysts determined that as of mid-October, 355 companies had ...

While coordinated law enforcement action and government initiatives helped in the fight against ransomware last year, NCC Group still recorded an 84% increase in attacks during 2023. The IT services ...

Ransomware activity increased 23% in the third quarter of 2026, with industrial organizations accounting for the largest share of reported victims, according to cybersecurity firm NCC Group.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of active ransomware groups has reached levels never seen before, with the growth rate of victims doubling since 2024.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wishart-Smith is a board director covering leadership and innovation. Ransomware continues to dominate headlines as one of the ...

A Florida man who was the subject of a 2019 investigation by ProPublica was indicted last month on federal charges that he defrauded clients of his ransomware data recovery firm. According to the ...

Zohar Pinhasi, the owner of MonsterCloud, faces charges of wire fraud related to his cybersecurity business. Prosecutors allege he misrepresented his firm's capabilities to clients facing ransomware ...

Nicholas Butts, Microsoft's Head of Global AI and Cybersecurity Policy, said AI is making cyber threats more sophisticated, ...

In one client engagement in August 2023, federal prosecutors say, Zohar Pinhasi’s ransomware recovery company sent a cybercriminal a ransom payment of approximately $8,200 and then charged the client ...