A South Carolina school district is the latest to do the ransomware two step: assuring parents that data encrypted and held hostage by the criminals wasn’t “accessed” by them. Nice try.

The NotPetya fallout continues, with global transport and logistics conglomerate Maersk reporting up to $300 million in losses following a June cyber attack.

FedEx briefly halted trading of its shares on Wednesday after reports that its TNT subsidiary was hit by NotPetya/ExPetr, a destructive wiper malware. Get ready for more.

The WannaCrypt ransomware was nothing special. Companies were done in by nasty software exploits and endemic insecurity in the form of unpatched and unpatchable legacy systems.

We’ve released a free content pack for all Digital Guardian customers to help protect against the WannaCry ransomware.

Ransomware as a service operations have seen tremendous growth in the short time since their emergence. Learn about these attacks and how to protect against them in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

Botnets have been a serious problem on the web for more than 15 years, and as the network has changed, botnet operators have had to adapt in order to continue making money. While launching DDoS attacks on demand once was the main revenue stream for these cybercriminals, things have changed in recent years to include the paid installation of ransomware, banking trojans, and other types of malware.

Recent incidents at two urology clinics have left healthcare organizations seeking a cure for a threat that has plagued their industry for years: ransomware.

What steps should businesses take for ransomware protection? 44 security experts weigh in.

Learn more about ransomware and how to protect against ransomware attacks in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

A wave of ransomware attacks targeting businesses has been making headlines lately – here’s what a typical Locky ransomware infection looks like and how these attacks can be detected.