04 December 2019, Hessen, Darmstadt: IT security scientists are training in the "Cyber Range" room in the new "Athene" cyber security centre how infiltrated blackmail programs ("Ransomware") can be ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Millions of computers globally are still running Windows 10.Attackers are ready, willing, and able to exploit unpatched PCs.Signing up for extended security updates is a crucial ...

It may take a bit of work to use, but that could end up being very worth it It may take a bit of work to use, but that could end up being very worth it Ransomware — malware that prevents you from ...

Few malware attacks are as annoying or potentially costly as ransomware. Once your computer becomes infected, ransomware locks you out of valuable files and demands that you send payments in exchange ...

Remember back in 2015 when Microsoft 'developer evangelist' Jerry Nixon now famously stated that "Windows 10 is the last version of Windows" at the Microsoft Ignite conference that year? If not, maybe ...

Cyber criminals are exploiting Windows PrintNightmare vulnerabilities in their attempts to infect victims with ransomware – and the number of ransomware groups attempting to take advantage of ...

Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Windows, which researchers say hackers exploited to launch ransomware attacks. Microsoft said in a security alert on ...

Ransomware attacks have been on the rise lately, and both organizations and consumers need to protect themselves as best they can before the problem worsens over time. As it turns out, one of the most ...

Ransomware protection is built right into Windows. Here’s how to get started. Ransomware gangs have gone pro. DarkSide, the group responsible for a spate of ransomware attacks including Colonial ...

This week's Windows optional cumulative update previews have introduced a compatibility issue with some of Trend Micro's security products that breaks some of their capabilities, including the ...

Security firm Kaspersky said today that it discovered a Linux version of the RansomEXX ransomware, marking the first time a major Windows ransomware strain has been ported to Linux to aid in targeted ...

Windows users have been the primary ransomware attacks target in the first half of 2021, accounting for a whopping 95% of the cyberattack scheme, the malware scanning tool of Google, VirusTotal, ...