Two former cybersecurity pros were indicted with conspiring with a third unnamed co-conspirator of using the high-profile BlackCat ransomware to launch attacks in 2023 against five U.S. companies to extort payment in ...

Law enforcement actions, better defenses, and a refusal by victims to pay helped to reduce the amount of ransoms paid in 2024 by $35%, a sharp decline from the record $1.25 billion ...

Not cute: $UNH’s Change Healthcare unit paid a big ransom—its IT was as weak as a kitten ...

The ransomware space is becoming increasingly fragmented in the wake of law enforcement actions against BlackCat, LockBit, and others, spawning more threat groups and giving rise to prolific newcomers like RansomHub, according ...

The January ransomware attack on loanDepot has so far cost the mortgage lender $26.9 million, including $25 million toward the possible settlement of a related class action lawsuit, company executives said in ...

RansomHub, which has become among the most prolific ransomware groups over the past few months, likely got its start with the source code from the Knight malware and a boost from a ...

In the ever-evolving world of ransomware, it’s getting easier for threat groups to launch attacks – as evidence by the growing number of incidents – but more difficult to make a profit ...

Two months ago, Change Healthcare, a linchpin in the U.S. healthcare system, fell victim to a sophisticated cyberattack by the infamous BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group. The breach not only paralyzed numerous healthcare services ...