They also hallucinate when writing ransomware code Interview With everyone from would-be developers to six-year-old kids ...

DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB found the DeadLock ransomware is exploiting Polygon smart contracts to create a resilient ...

Security researchers used the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence reasoning model to come closer to developing ransomware variants and keyloggers with evasion capabilities. See Also: AI ...

Unrestricted large language models (LLMs) like WormGPT 4 and KawaiiGPT are improving their capabilities to generate malicious code, delivering functional scripts for ransomware encryptors and lateral ...

These DOGE ransowmare hackers demand a trillion dollar payment. Update, April 25, 2025: This story, originally published April 23, has been updated with further details regarding the DOGE ransomware ...

If 2025 was meant to be the year ransomware started dying, nobody appears to have told the attackers.

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models, double extortion tactics, and increasing adoption of AI characterize the evolving ransomware threat landscape. Law enforcement takedowns of groups such as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Recently leaked chat logs from the Black Basta ransomware ...

Small businesses aren’t too small to be targeted by cybercriminals, and the consequences can be worse. That’s why protecting against ransomware attacks should be a top priority. “Ransomware can be ...