A new 'White Phoenix' ransomware decryptor allows victims to partially recover files encrypted by ransomware strains that use intermittent encryption. Intermittent encryption is a strategy employed by ...

Cybersecurity analysts have released a decryptor for BianLian ransomware that could allow victims to retrieve their encrypted files for free -- and avoid paying a ransom demand to cyber criminals.

Aside from the efforts of security researchers and antivirus companies, malware victims can sometimes also benefit from the fighting between rival cybercriminal groups. That happened this week when ...

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after ...

A new Onyx ransomware operation is destroying files larger than 2MB instead of encrypting them, preventing those files from being decrypted even if a ransom is paid. Last week, security researcher ...

Ragnarok, a ransomware gang operational since 2019 that gained notoriety after launching attacks against unpatched Citrix ADC servers, has shut down and released a free decryption key for its victims.

Victims of a destructive form of ransomware, which fails to unlock files even if the ransom is paid, can now retrieve their files for free with a new file decryptor released by security researchers.

Gamers come in all ages and from all walks of life; they may or may not have files they feel are irreplaceable enough as to be tempted to pay a ransom to get those files decrypted. But what if it was ...

Victims of the LockerGoga ransomware can now recover their stolen files for free, thanks to a new decryptor released by Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender and the NoMoreRansom Initiative. The ...

Some users whose computers have been infected with a ransomware program called TeslaCrypt might be in luck: security researchers from Cisco Systems have developed a tool to recover their encrypted ...

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed ...

Aside from the efforts of security researchers and antivirus companies, malware victims can sometimes also benefit from the fighting between rival cybercriminal groups. That happened this week when ...