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cryptors

60 articles

How to avoid becoming a ransomware victim a second time
  • Ransomware

How to prevent a ransomware attack from happening again?

For Anti-Ransomware Day, we decided to publish few tips that will help your company avoid falling victim to ransomware for a second time.

  • Hugh Aver

  • May 12, 2022

New BlackCat ransomware
  • Ransomware

BlackCat — new player in the ransomware business

Our experts investigated the activity and studied tools of ransomware gang BlackCat.

  • Hugh Aver

  • April 15, 2022

  • Ransomware

Ransomware as a distraction

HermeticRansom cryptor was used as a distraction to support HermeticWiper attacks.

  • Editorial Team

  • March 1, 2022

Five practical tips how to avoid file-encrypting infection and protect yourself from ransomers
  • Ransomware

Five tips for protecting yourself from ransomware

Guard against ransomers who encrypt your files and demand payment for their safe return.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • August 27, 2021

Top 5 most dangerous ransomware in 2021
  • Ransomware

Corporation hunters: Top 5 ransomware groups

The most active groups targeting companies, encrypting data, and demanding ransom.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • April 21, 2021

How ransomware has grown from simplistic screen blockers into monsters paralyzing airports and shipping companies
  • Ransomware

The ransomware saga

Ransomware, once represented by screen blockers that were almost cute, has come of age.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • April 7, 2021

Ransomware disguised as an Android version of Cyberpunk 2077
  • gamers

Malware wrapped in Cyberpunk 2077

Cybercriminals are disguising ransomware as a beta version of Cyberpunk 2077 for Android.

  • Tatyana Shishkova

  • December 23, 2020

  • Ransomware

Ransomware 2020

Among its other troubles, 2020 will be remembered as a year of explosive growth in ransomware infections.

  • Hugh Aver

  • November 9, 2020

  • Ransomware

Remote working and ransomware

The mass shift to working from home has made ransomware an even greater threat.

  • Hugh Aver

  • May 13, 2020

  • Ransomware

Ransomware: Collateral damage

In addition to its primary targets, ransomware has infected some unusual devices.

  • Andrey Chigrin

  • May 12, 2020

Ransomware makers seem to be following a new trend, publishing data from companies that refuse to pay them.
  • Ransomware

Backing up is no panacea when blackmailers publish stolen data

Ransomware makers seem to be following a new trend, publishing data from companies that refuse to pay them.

  • Sergey Golubev

  • February 6, 2020

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.
  • truth

Snow White, the Seven Cryptominers, and the targeted attacks

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • January 4, 2020

Victims of Yatron and FortuneCrypt ransomware can recover their encrypted files by downloading a decryptor from the No More Ransom website
  • news

Helping the victims of Yatron and FortuneCrypt ransomware

Victims of Yatron and FortuneCrypt ransomware can download a decryptor from the No More Ransom website to recover their encrypted files.

  • Marvin the Robot

  • October 8, 2019

Ransomware posing as a Fortnite aim and WH cheat pack
  • Fortnite

Syrk ransomware lurking in Fortnite cheat pack

Syrk ransomware is out, disguised as a Fortnite cheat pack. Learn what it is and how to recover your files.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • August 23, 2019

Baltimore is hardly the first and unlikely the last city to be encrypted by ransomware.
  • Ransomware

Baltimore encrypted

For three weeks, Baltimore’s administration has been struggling with the aftermath of a ransomware attack.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • May 30, 2019

  • Ransomware

Who will restore encrypted corporate data? Nobody will

Do not expect data encrypted by ransomware to be restored easily. It is better to protect the data in the first place.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • March 20, 2019

Aluminum giant Hydro hit by ransomware
  • Ransomware

Aluminum giant Hydro hit by ransomware

Industrial Norwegian giant Hydro hit by ransomware — security incident analysis.

  • Alex Perekalin

  • March 19, 2019

Epidemics, espionage, destruction: We present the most memorable cyberattacks of recent years.
  • attacks

Top 5 most notorious cyberattacks

Epidemics, espionage, destruction: We present the most memorable cyberattacks of recent years.

  • John Snow

  • November 6, 2018

  • Ransomware

KeyPass: Ravenous ransomware

KeyPass ransomware is infecting computers worldwide, encrypting almost everything in its path. And it all starts with downloading a seemingly innocuous installer.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • August 15, 2018

  • Ransomware

CoinVault: Caught red-handed

In the Netherlands, the creators of one of the first ransomware cryptors are on trial, thanks largely to us.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • July 19, 2018

  • Ransomware

Rakhni Trojan: To encrypt and to mine

The Rakhni encrypting ransomware, known since 2013, is now trying its hand at mining Monero.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • July 6, 2018

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