Have you been unable to access files and other data on your computer lately? –Voila, you have fallen prey to a ransomware attack. As the brick and mortar businesses shift their presence to the digital ...

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Victims of the MegaCortex ransomware can now recover their encrypted files for free, thanks to the release of a new file decryptor. The free decryptor was built by cybersecurity firm Bitdefender and ...

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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.

After its decryptor tool was revealed at a computer security conference, Avast is making it public. Over the last few months, researchers at Avast have been quietly working with law enforcement ...

The Clop ransomware gang is now also using a malware variant that explicitly targets Linux servers, but a flaw in the encryption scheme has allowed victims to quietly recover their files for free for ...

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 U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a free recovery script in response to a widespread ransomware campaign targeting ...

New ESXiArgs ransomware attacks are now encrypting more extensive amounts of data, making it much harder, if not impossible, to recover encrypted VMware ESXi virtual machines. Last Friday, a massive ...

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Starting today, commercial Google Workspace plans include a new, real-time ransomware detection feature that they claim can help organizations identify attacks, stop their spread, and recover quickly.