German security software company G DATA has released a vaccine that will block STOP Ransomware from encrypting victims' files after infection. "This tool does not prevent the infection itself. STOP ...

Victims of a recently uncovered form of ransomware are being warned not to pay the ransom demand, simply because the ransomware isn't able to decrypt files – it just destroys them instead. Coded in ...

Telefonica announced a new tool created by its cybersecurity division to decrypt affected files by VCryptor. On June 3, Spain-based telecommunications conglomerate, Telefónica, released a free tool to ...

A new and targeted ransomware named AgeLocker utilizes the 'Age' encryption tool created by a Google employee to encrypt victim's files. Yesterday, a consultant created a topic in the BleepingComputer ...

Tech giant Google has unveiled a novel way to fight ransomware with a new, specialised AI model baked into Google Drive.

As free ransomware decryptor tools begin to enter the market, a wave of fake software that claims to decrypt ransomware-affected files has begun to proliferate. According to a report released by ...

Victims of the widespread TeslaCrypt ransomware are in luck: Security researchers have created a tool that can decrypt files affected by recent versions of the malicious program. Surprisingly, the ...

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed ...

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after ...

The Ragnarok ransomware gang has shut down its operations and wiped its leak site clean without providing a reason behind the decision. More importantly, the ransomware gang has left behind a master ...