U.S. tax resolution firm Optima Tax Relief suffered a Chaos ransomware attack, with the threat actors now leaking data stolen from the company. Optima Tax Relief is a well-known U.S. tax resolution ...
Ransomware has always been more than a technical risk—it’s a business, a weapon, and a psychological warfare tool. In my previous Forbes article titled “Ransomware on a Rampage; a New Wake-Up Call,” I ...
New DOGE Big Balls ransomware attacks spotted. Update, May 10, 2025: This story, originally published May 9, has been updated with further information regarding the newly confirmed DOGE Big Balls ...
New AI-powered capabilities in Google Drive aim to block ransomware from spreading after a malicious change to a file is detected. Google unveiled what it’s calling a new approach to combating ...
Enable and configure Windows 11's Controlled Folder Access to add a layer of protection against ransomware targeting locally stored data. In the first part of this series, I talked about how the ...
The past year was much quieter than 2024 in ransomware takedown and anti-cybercrime law enforcement operations. Additionally, less organized collectives such as Scattered Spider, Lapsus$ and ...