There was a dramatic surge in ransomware attacks in 2023, with a 55% year-over-year increase. The total number of victims reached 5,070. This rise doesn’t tell the whole tale, though. Statista reports ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is raising awareness on Computer Security Day by offering ways to prevent ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malware that threatens the ...

We’ll explain more about ransomware and ransomware attacks to help businesses better understand, prepare for and prevent ...

In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting U.S. state and local governments surged 23 percent, with 117 documented attacks, signaling a troubling rise in this breed of cyber attack. In this time, the ...

Are ransomware attacks getting smarter? What can you do to stop them? Are you a victim of ransomware attacks? A cybersecurity expert explains how the attacks unfold, what hackers are really after, and ...

At about 6:30 in the morning on a Monday last year, Brad Stewart got a text informing him that a principal of one of Lufkin ISD’s schools couldn’t log into the system. After Stewart, the chief ...

Abstract "Double-extortion" ransomware attacks not only encrypt systems but also steal sensitive data. Traditional backups ...

Kenya recorded over 2.5 billion cyber threat events in the first quarter of 2025 (January to March), according to reports from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and the National KE-CIRT/CC.

Data gathered by K12 Security Information Exchange, known as K12 SIX, a nonprofit focused on protecting schools from cybersecurity threats, and analyzed by CBS News, shows that there have been ...

For more than a week in February 2016, normal operations at a Hollywood, California hospital came to a sudden and potentially dangerous stand-still. Hackers had successfully encrypted much of the ...