Ragnarok, a ransomware gang operational since 2019 that gained notoriety after launching attacks against unpatched Citrix ADC servers, has shut down and released a free decryption key for its victims.

It’s not clear how many of the decryption keys are still viable, but it’s likely to be a boon for many enterprise victims who did not pay the ransom. The FBI has acquired more than 7,000 decryption ...

A new decryptor key has been created for victims of the Babuk Tortilla ransomware variant, Cisco Talos has confirmed. These keys will be added to a generic Babuk decryptor previously created by Avast ...

In a nutshell: After disrupting LockBit's main operation, US authorities are reaching out to victims of the ransomware gang. The FBI can now help thousands of companies and organizations recover their ...

Ransomware authors are using the bitcoin blockchain, which serves as the cryptocurrency’s public transaction ledger, to deliver decryption keys to victims. The technique, which removes the burden of ...

Aside from the efforts of security researchers and antivirus companies, malware victims can sometimes also benefit from the fighting between rival cybercriminal groups. That happened this week when ...

This week, Nubeva Technologies, which develops decryption tools focused on ransomware, published a case study describing how it was able to help one small hospital untangle a ransomware attack that ...

Researchers took advantage of a weakness in the encryption scheme of Key Group ransomware and developed a decryption tool that lets some victims to recover their files for free. The decryptor was ...

Kaseya, an IT security management software company, received a universal decryptor that lets victims of a July 2 REvil ransomware attack recover their files for free, according to a July 22 ...

Hackers use ransomware to go after every industry, charging as much money as they can to return access to a victim's files. It’s a lucrative business to be in. In the first six months of 2023, ...