First the good news: there are now free utilities for decrypting your data after a ransomware attack. Now the bad news: the tools only work for specific ransomware, not all variants. Cisco Systems' ...

Cybersecurity analysts have released a decryptor for BianLian ransomware that could allow victims to retrieve their encrypted files for free -- and avoid paying a ransom demand to cyber criminals.

Victims of the CoinVault ransomware might be able to decrypt their files with a free tool released by Kaspersky Lab together with the Dutch police. The tool can be found at ...

Good news for ransomware victims: Researchers have released a free tool on GitHub that they say can help victims of intermittent encryption attacks recover data from some types of partially encrypted ...

Nearly half a year after landing a seven-figure Series B, a NoMa-area cybersecurity company aims to stop and prevent file encryption with a new offering. Adlumin recently introduced this ransomware ...

In brief: Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a new tool to help MegaCortex ransomware victims unlock their files, which is great news for those that have had files locked down for years.

Antivirus firm Bitdefender has released a free tool that can prevent computers from being infected with some of the most widespread file-encrypting ransomware programs: Locky, TeslaCrypt, and ...

If your laptop or PC has been infected by ransomware, i.e. a blackmail virus, you’ll receive a message asking you to pay a ransom. You’ll feel like your in the the hot seat, but that’s the whole point ...

The Crypto24 ransomware group has been using custom utilities to evade security solutions on breached networks, exfiltrate data, and encrypt files. The threat group's earliest activity was reported on ...

In the world of ever-evolving ransomware, one recently spotted variant is like doxware and another has a “nasty” option of infecting two other people – be it friends, enemies or strangers – and your ...

A highly advanced “packer-as-a-service” known as Shanya, also referred to as VX Crypt, has become the preferred weapon for ransomware gangs seeking to ...