Google Drive now automatically detects ransomware, pauses syncing, and restores affected files. No more paying hackers to restore your data.

A Russian national was ordered to pay a judgment of over $1.6 million over a ransomware and computer botnet scheme, the U.S.

To avoid ransomware attacks, the FBI says not to open unverified files or visit unknown websites. It also says not to pay any ...

U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office suffered a ransomware attack last week that knocked out the department’s computer systems ...

Locky, a once major ransomware variant that has waned in prevalence in recent months, has returned and is reportedly being distributed worldwide, reports Bleeping Computer. Security researcher Racco42 ...

The city of Minot’s water treatment plant was hit by a ransomware attack earlier this month, though staff were able to ...

With cyberattacks on the rise, security professionals in the private and public sector are working together to stay one step ahead of hackers. On February 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ...

The New York Times ran an op-ed piece at the beginning of January about how a woman had to help her mother deal with a computer virus, but this was no ordinary virus that a purge of a hard drive or a ...

Leaving an external hard drive plugged in all the time carries some risk, but unplugging it constantly might actually be a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 23—WINONA, Minn. — Winona County recently responded to a ransomware incident affecting its computer network. The county is ...

An emergent strain of ransomware known as Warlock – which was linked to multiple attacks orchestrated via vulnerabilities in on-premise Microsoft SharePoint Server instances during the summer of 2025 ...