AI-created ransomware and NFC attacks lead the surge in new cyberattacks - here's how you can stay safe this holidays

ESET Research's latest Threat Report detailed PromptLock, the first known AI-driven ransomware, “capable of generating malicious scripts on the fly”, using an OpenAI model, via the Ollama API, to ...
The Register on MSN

Around 1,000 systems compromised in ransomware attack on Romanian water agency

On-site staff keep key systems working while all but one region battles with encrypted PCs Romania's cybersecurity agency ...
The Tech Report

Ransomware Strikes Back as Global Attacks Rise in 2025

We adhere to a strict editorial policy, ensuring that our content is crafted by an in-house team of experts in technology, hardware, software, and more. With years of experience in tech news and ...
Education Week

AI Fuels Increase in Ransomware Attacks Against Schools

Corrected: A previous version of this article should have said that schools and universities around the world continue to be one of the top target of ransomware gangs. Schools and universities around ...

Still using Windows 10? You're a prime target for ransomware now - unless you do this

ZDNET's key takeaways Millions of computers globally are still running Windows 10.Attackers are ready, willing, and able to exploit unpatched PCs.Signing up for extended security updates is a crucial ...
CSOonline

Ransomware attacks: The evolving extortion threat to US financial institutions

Ransomware isn’t just locking systems — it’s weaponizing fear, shame and time to bleed US banks dry. It's pay up, or get exposed. Before sunrise on a chilly November morning, I got the kind of call no ...
SiliconANGLE

Ootbi by Object First delivers ransomware-proof storage for Veeam

Since ransomware attacks work by encrypting or exfiltrating sensitive data, often paralyzing entire systems, ransomware-proof storage solutions, such as immutable backups and air-gapped storage, ...
Bitdefender

From Sextortion to Ransomware: The Blackmail Scams Are Taking Over the Internet

Ransomware is also a form of blackmail, and it's become a highly profitable extortion industry. Modern "double-extortion" attacks involve not only encrypting systems but also stealing data and ...
EdTech

ISTELive 25: District Shares Lessons Learned From a Ransomware Attack

Ransomware attacks on K–12 schools are growing, rising 69% across the education sector from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025, according to Comparitech. But as CoSN’s 2025 State of EdTech District Leadership report ...

Former Cybersecurity Professionals Plead Guilty in BlackCat Ransomware Scheme Targeting U.S. Companies

Two former employees of well-known cybersecurity incident response firms have admitted to participating in ransomware attacks ...
WDSU

OPSO ransomware attack continues to impact bail bonds businesses

MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, KEVIN, THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, KEY SERVICES STILL DOWN A WEEKS AFTER A CYBER ATTACK AT THE ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. AND IT’S NOT JUST A TECH ISSUE. IT’S AFFECTING REAL PEOPLE ...