Ransomware


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The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability

Tomáš Foltýn • 24 Apr 2026


What the ransom note won’t say

What the ransom note won’t say

What the ransom note won’t say

An attack is what you see, but a business operation is what you’re up against

Tomáš Foltýn • 20 Apr 2026


Naming and shaming: How ransomware groups tighten the screws on victims

Naming and shaming: How ransomware groups tighten the screws on victims

Naming and shaming: How ransomware groups tighten the screws on victims

When corporate data is exposed on a dedicated leak site, the consequences linger long after the attack fades from the news cycle

Guilherme Arruda and Tomáš Foltýn • 12 Feb 2026


Resilience in the face of ransomware: A key to business survival

Resilience in the face of ransomware: A key to business survival

Resilience in the face of ransomware: A key to business survival

Your company’s ability to tackle the ransomware threat head-on can ultimately be a competitive advantage

Tomáš Foltýn • 31 Mar 2025


CosmicBeetle joins the ranks of RansomHub affiliates – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

CosmicBeetle joins the ranks of RansomHub affiliates – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

CosmicBeetle joins the ranks of RansomHub affiliates – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET researchers also find that CosmicBeetle attempts to exploit the notoriety of the LockBit ransomware gang to advance its own ends

Editor • 13 Sep 2024


Ransomware payments hit a record high in 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Ransomware payments hit a record high in 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Ransomware payments hit a record high in 2023 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Called a "watershed year for ransomware", 2023 marked a reversal from the decline in ransomware payments observed in the previous year

Editor • 09 Feb 2024


Black Hat 2023: ‘Teenage’ AI not enough for cyberthreat intelligence

Black Hat 2023: ‘Teenage’ AI not enough for cyberthreat intelligence

Black Hat 2023: ‘Teenage’ AI not enough for cyberthreat intelligence

Current LLMs are just not mature enough for high-level tasks

Tony Anscombe • 12 Aug 2023


$5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware

$5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware

$5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware

Threat actors are increasingly using advanced tactics to obfuscate and launder their illicit gains, a report by the US Government finds

Amer Owaida • 19 Oct 2021


Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020

Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020

Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020

The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows

Amer Owaida • 11 Oct 2021