The landscape of cyber threats continues its relentless evolution, with ransomware remaining a dominant and increasingly sophisticated menace. As we ...

The first quarter of 2026 has unveiled a dynamic and increasingly aggressive ransomware landscape, characterized by sophisticated tactics, evolving attack ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Hot on the heels of a major ransomware group being taken down through an international law enforcement operation comes a new development that highlights the whack-a-mole nature of such actions: A new ...

Microsoft Defender stopped a human-operated ransomware attack that abused Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. While the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the ...

The cybercriminal group known as LockBit has released an improved 5.0 version of its ransomware (LockBit 5.0), which is “significantly more dangerous,” warns Trend Micro. The malware now attacks ...

Law enforcement officials on Jan. 27 disrupted the ransomware leak site operated by the Netwalker ransomware gang, which has been responsible for a growing number of attacks on healthcare providers ...

"There are going to be more than 6,000 companies hit with ransomware this year. That's a staggering number," said Allan Liska during his presentation at today's Virtualization & Cloud Review online ...