Today a new Locky Ransomware variant was discovered by Stormshield malware analyst coldshell that switches to the .ykcol extension for encrypted files. It is important to note that if you are ...

A new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware was discovered that appends the email addresses [email protected] & [email protected] along with the .Wallet extension. This makes it the third ransomware ...

Ransomware with apparent links to a Dridex botnet affiliate has been spotted attempting to infect at least 450,000 computer users. David Bisson reports.

These ransomware extensions identify which files are encrypted and no longer accessible, persuading the victim to pay the ransom. ExtraHop Encrypted files with a ransomware file extension.

8 Automatically Quarantine Files With Known Ransomware File Extensions Some antivirus applications will allow you to write rules to automatically quarantine files matching a certain file extension.

Corrupting files is faster, cheaper, and less likely to be stopped by endpoint protection tools than encrypting them.

Cybersecurity researchers crack the codes of FortuneCrypt, Yatron, WannaCryFake and Avest ransomware, allowing victims to get their files back without paying cyber criminals.

The encrypted files are marked with an “.abcd” extension, and the README instructs victims on how to recover their files, typically by paying a ransom.

A global cyberattack using ransomware, malicious code that locks down computers and files until users pay a ransom, that began Friday morning is up to 75,000 attacks in 99 countries, according to ...

When a victim is hit by the ransomware, file extensions are changed to read, “.WNCRY.” A ransom note is dropped into a text file, and a window titled “Wana Decrypt0r 2.0” pops up.

Victims of a new form of ransomware that appeared just weeks ago can now retrieve their encrypted files without having to pay a bitcoin ransom. Discovered in early August, RansomWarrior appears to ...