ransomware

Ransomware operators sometimes resort to rather unconventional threats to get their victims to pay.

For this edition of the Kaspersky podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss extortionware, a dumb mafia member, data breaches, and more.

Several cybercriminal groups have exploited vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi to infect computers with ransomware.

Three reasons not to pay cyber-extortionists — and what to do if you get hit.

How to minimize the consequences of a corporate ransomware attack.

CD Projekt confirms attack on internal systems. Hackers claim to have downloaded Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 source code, and demand ransom.

When the creators of Fonix ransomware abandoned their malicious ways and published the master key, we made a decryptor out of it.

Cybercriminals are disguising ransomware as a beta version of Cyberpunk 2077 for Android.

Why backing up is good but not enough when it comes to staying safe from ransomware.

Jeff and Dave discuss Bitcoin value ($20K!), creepy Microsoft patents, yet another ransomware case, and more.

Jeff and Dave discuss new gaming scams, shady doorbells, recent leaks and ransomware incidents, and more.

Jeff and Dave discuss Amazon going after influencers hawking bootlegs goods, COVID-19 researchers under attack, and more.

Jeff and Dave discuss the Silk Road cash-out, a Trump site leaking voter details, ransomware at Compal, and more.

Among its other troubles, 2020 will be remembered as a year of explosive growth in ransomware infections.

Jeff and Dave discuss the Maze ransomware gang closing shop, COVID-19 predictors, a nuclear Japanese cyberattack, upcoming Kaspersky GReAT’s AMA, and more.

Jeff and Dave discuss a so-called Robin Hood ransomware gang, a change in PlayStation’s abuse reports, and more.

Jeff and Dave discuss COVID-related scams in the UK, a Massachusetts school system hit with ransomware, and more.

Jeff and Dave talk about US election worries, Google coming under fire for children’s privacy, another hospital hit by ransomware, plus much more.

On this episode of the Kaspersky podcast, Jeff and Dave take a look at the film The Social Dilemma, Facebook’s standoff with Ireland, and more.

On this episode of the podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss sharing your password on a flipchart for everyone to see, Uber’s 2016 breach cover-up, ransomware hitting college, and more.

On this episode of the podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss ransomware hitting Jack Daniel’s, a scam targeting tea time, dropshipping and more.