If your computer has been infected with CryptoDefense there may be a chance to restore your files. Fabian Wosar of Emsisoft discovered a method that allows you to decrypt your files if you were ...

While typical ransomware would usually just ask for payment in the form of Bitcoin, a newly discovered in-development variant actually asks victims to further spread the malware and infect others in ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Cybersecurity firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can help victims recover their data without paying the crooks any money. Akira first appeared in March 2023 and ...

JUPITER — The town was hit with a malware attack that demanded money to decrypt internal files. Around 9 a.m. Dec. 13, the town's firewall alerted staff to the presence of malware called Nozelesn. The ...

Today, ESET has released updated version of its free decryptor for victims of Crysis ransomware, adding new variant of the infamous ransomware - .dharma – to its list. The current update of ESET’s ...

French security researcher Adrien Guinet has figured out a way to decrypt files locked by the infamous WannaCry ransomware. Guinet has published a free tool, dubbed Wannakey, that retrieves the ...

Content Vault has expanded its content security platform to include device-specific encryption for PDF documents, extending its protection beyond video, audio and image files. The update aims to ...