Federal agencies, health care associations, and security researchers are warning that a ransomware group tracked under the name Black Basta is ravaging critical infrastructure sectors in attacks that ...

The methods for preventing and remediating ransomware events should be a superset of the preparedness and remediation ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. In the ...

(CRYPTOcurrency ransomware) A synonym for ransomware because cryptography is used to both encrypt the user's data and pay the ransom. Ransomware typically demands payment in Bitcoin, and hundreds of ...

In an update to a joint advisory with CISA and the Australian Cyber Security Centre, the FBI said that the Play ransomware gang had breached roughly 900 organizations as of May 2025, three times the ...

Ransomware affects databases in very specific ways. Joey describes the mechanics of a SQL Server ransomware attack, what DBAs can do to protect their systems, and what security measures they should be ...

Ransomware that does not encrypt the data on the compromised computer but locks the computer down so that the only operations available allow the ransom payment to be sent. Contrast with crypto ...

The Qilin ransomware operation has recently joined attacks exploiting two Fortinet vulnerabilities that allow bypassing authentication on vulnerable devices and executing malicious code remotely.

From fundamental security mistakes and strategic shortcuts, to emerging industry trends, Change Healthcare’s security meltdown provides ample fodder for thought on how not to be the next high-profile ...