With over seven years of experience as a freelance technology writer and reporter, Tim Keary has a range of experience breaking down complex technologies into simple and accessible content. His work ...

Ransomware scrambles the target organization's data with encryption. The criminals leave instructions on infected computers for negotiating ransom payments. Once paid, they provide decryption keys for ...

Recent high-profile “ransomware” attacks on the world’s largest meat-packing company and the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline have underscored how gangs of extortionist hackers can disrupt the economy and ...

Planning, tabletops, and the right skills and training are vital to being prepared for one of the most prevalent business ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Computers around the world were locked up and users' files held for ransom in a cyberattack Tuesday that paralyzed some hospitals, government offices and major multinational ...

How does ransomware work? •The Threat Actor (hacker) accesses victim's server using phishing, malware etc. •Once the infiltration is successful, hackers search network for sensitive data. •The ...

The Ransomware Task Force, when it released its April report, said world leaders needed to shift their approach to ransomware and prioritize it as a matter of national security. “This needs to be, ...

How do ransomware groups pick their targets? It’s a rhetorical question: in the vast majority of cases they don’t. Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms and ransomware affiliate ecosystems do not ...

Couldn't figure out a better forum for this. Hopefully soon I'll have some money to buy a low-end NAS that I can use for backups which I can make a little safer than a connected USB drive, in terms of ...