M&S has only issued limited information in its official statements, and has not put anyone up for interview. However, people claiming to work for the retailer have given a sense of the chaos on social media. On Reddit, users who identified themselves as M&S workers, something the BBC has not verified, described the impact of...Read More

Ransomware has steadily grown since Popp’s 1989 introduction of the AIDS trojan. Predating the use of web links or email attachments, that first version was transported using floppy disks. While delivery methods have certainly changed, the behavior once the process starts shows a mix of consistency and variance. Let’s look at the distinct stages...Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced charges against a 36-year-old Yemeni national for allegedly deploying the Black Kingdom ransomware against global targets, including businesses, schools, and hospitals in the United States. Rami Khaled Ahmed of Sana’a, Yemen, has been charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of intentional damage to a...Read More

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: DaVita has been hit by a ransomware attack that’s affecting operations, the kidney care provider said Monday.  The dialysis company discovered the attack, which encrypted parts of its network, on Saturday, according to a securities...Read More

The headlines are filled with news of the latest ransomware attacks. Individuals and companies continue to fall victim to the crime — and it’s far from a new phenomenon. From its humble beginnings of malware-laden floppy disks distributed via snail mail, ransomware changed with the tide as the internet and then blockchain and cryptocurrencies...Read More

The ransomware payload embedded in the discovered samples has been verified as FOG ransomware and is detected as Ransom.Win32.FOG.SMYPEFG. All discovered variants carry the same payload and only differ on the key used to decrypt the payload.   Conclusion and security recommendations FOG ransomware is a relatively new ransomware family that enterprises must add to their...Read More

The operators behind the DragonForce and Anubis ransomware-as-a-service schemes are launching new business models to attract affiliates, according to research published Wednesday. Much like their counterparts in legitimate commerce, ransomware enterprises are continuing to develop new services to increase their market share and profits, and are taking advantage of recent disruptions to the ecosystem by...Read More

Executive Summary Unit 42 regularly monitors the cyberthreat landscape, including trends in extortion and ransomware. Ransomware actors continue to evolve to increase the effectiveness of their attacks and the likelihood that organizations will pay what is demanded. In our 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report, we found that 86% of incidents involved business disruption,...Read More

Two different federal Justice Department cybersecurity cases announced May 1 underscored the complex challenges the agency faces in policing cybersecurity issues.The first case involved an $8.4 million civil settlement with Raytheon Company and Nightwing for resolving allegations that Raytheon violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with federal cybersecurity controls on 29 Defense...Read More

These DOGE ransowmare hackers demand a trillion dollar payment. AFP via Getty Images Update, April 25, 2025: This story, originally published April 23, has been updated with further details regarding the DOGE ransomware attack and information from a new FBI report about the FOG malware threat used following the latest trillion-dollar ransom note demand. The...Read More