A new malware strain dubbed Slopoly, likely created using generative AI tools, allowed a threat actor to remain on a compromised server for more than a week and steal data in an Interlock ransomware ...

The Interlock ransomware gang now uses ClickFix attacks that impersonate IT tools to breach corporate networks and deploy file-encrypting malware on devices. ClickFix is a social engineering tactic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. “Cybercriminals around the world have suffered a major ...

Global cybercrime costs are expected to grow by 15 percent per year over the next five years—with malware and ransomware driving a significant portion. Malware has been part of the cybersecurity story ...

UPDATE (September 3 rd, 2025): ESET Research has been contacted by the authors of an academic study, Ransomware 3.0: Self-Composing and LLM-Orchestrated, whose research prototype closely resembles the ...

As cybercrime surges around the world, new research increasingly shows that ransomware is evolving as a result of widely available generative AI tools. In some cases, attackers are using AI to draft ...

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...

Microsoft disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing service accused of abusing Azure certificates to disguise ransomware and malware as trusted software. Microsoft says it disrupted a malware-signing ...

A new US indictment against a group of Russian nationals offers a clear example of how, authorities say, a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking. The US ...

In 2022, the ALPHV Ransomware as a Service group attacked the city of Alexandria, La., with its malware. Two years later, LockBit ransomware bandits attacked Wichita, Kans. Once novel RaaS gangs are ...