Incident response firms negotiate with hackers while also processing payments to them, leading to potential betrayals of ...
In 2023, companies paid more in ransomware attacks than ever before, more than $1 billion according to Chainalysis, with a trend line from 2019 showing continued escalation. I don't believe that ...
Ransomware attacks place organizations in a difficult, high-stress position, but paying the ransom is never the answer. Nearly all ransomware cases start by stealing and encrypting sensitive data, ...
Ransomware attacks are a serious and growing threat to individuals and organisations. They can cause data loss, financial ...
Ransomware is a persistent threat and we often hear its not 'if' but 'when' an organization will be hit by a ransomware attack. It is imperative that security leaders are not only detecting and ...
The GRIT 2026 Ransomware & Cyber Threat Report provides exclusive in-depth research, insights and analysis on a year of record-breaking ransomware activity, examining who cybercriminals are targeting ...
A ransomware attack is a nightmare scenario for any organization. It’s disruptive, costly, and often deeply damaging to your reputation. How you respond in the first 24 hours can make all the ...
Abstract "Double-extortion" ransomware attacks not only encrypt systems but also steal sensitive data. Traditional backups ...
The ransomware protection market offers opportunities through comprehensive resilience strategies involving advanced solutions, cloud integration, and zero trust security. There is growing investment ...
Early this year, when an executive at a hospital called our Incident Response (IR) team, he had yet to realize that his organization was confronting an active ransomware attack. Symantec Endpoint ...
To no surprise, ransomware continued to disrupt organizations across every sector in 2025. Although each incident looked different, most shared the same root causes: weak access controls, overly ...
DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...