Businesses and individuals alike need to not only reexamine their security practices, but also reconsider why they're retaining information in the first place. We’ve entered a brave new world. One ...

When cybercriminals hijack your data or website and demand a ransom, you become a victim of cyber extortion. These attacks — and the subsequent ransom payments they require — are on the rise, with ...

Cybercriminals are continuing to refine their ransomware tools and attack techniques. See Also: Virtual Cloud Ransomware Tabletop: Unpacking an Attack from Detection to Recovery Notably, the gang ...

Digital extortion is evolving, and it’s evolving at a faster rate than most organizations are prepared for. While cybercrime has long relied on stolen data, ransomware and system breaches, artificial ...

Extortion-only attacks are increasing as data theft drives most ransomware claims, with many organizations unable to stop ...

Attacks and extortion of internet service providers by Brazilian gangs is becoming increasingly common in states in the north and northeast, suggesting organized crime groups are driving legitimate ...

Mandiant and Google are tracking a new extortion campaign where executives at multiple companies received emails claiming that sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems.