The little snippet of Python code strikes fast and nasty, taking less than three hours to complete a ransomware attack from initial breach to encryption. Researchers have discovered a new Python ...

MalTerminal, created before Nov 2023, shows earliest LLM-embedded malware, signaling new AI-driven cyber threats.

Operators of an unknown ransomware gang are using a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers. While the Python programming language is not commonly used in ransomware ...

Ransomware is already one of the easiest forms of online extortion for hackers to carry out but one cybercriminal group has come up with a new way to make as much money as possible with the least ...

Security researchers are warning that a new wave of LockBit ransomware variants is in the wild following a leak of the source code used by the prolific ransomware gang last year. First emerging in ...

In essence, MalTerminal is a malware generator. When adversaries bring it up, it asks if they want to create a ransomware ...

The encryptor, decryptor, builder, and the command and control server source code is publicly available. The Conti gang has suffered another major blow after the source code for its ransomware ...

Threat researchers at Sophos have identified a new strain of unusually fast-acting ransomware written in the Python programming language that has targeted VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines (VMs ...

Kaspersky researchers have managed to crack the CryptXXX ransomware code and have issued a free tool for users to get their files back without paying a fee. The ransomware, dubbed CryptXXX, was first ...

A threat actor has leaked the complete source code for the Babuk ransomware on a Russian-speaking hacking forum. Babuk Locker, also known internally as Babyk, is a ransomware operation launched at the ...

Bard, Google's entry in the chatbot race, is meant to compete with the AI juggernaut that is ChatGPT. But a report from earlier this week demonstrates that when it comes to security against ...