The little snippet of Python code strikes fast and nasty, taking less than three hours to complete a ransomware attack from initial breach to encryption. Researchers have discovered a new Python ...

Operators of an unknown ransomware gang are using a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers. While the Python programming language is not commonly used in ransomware ...

Threat researchers at Sophos have identified a new strain of unusually fast-acting ransomware written in the Python programming language that has targeted VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines (VMs ...

Cybersecurity experts have shared details about a speedy new ransomware campaign attacking virtual machines (VM) hosted on a VMware ESXi hypervisor. Describing it as a sniper-like operation, Sophos ...

A new ransomware-as-a-service brand named Hunters International has emerged using code used by the Hive ransomware operation, leading to the valid assumption that the old gang has resumed activity ...

Security researchers are warning that a new wave of LockBit ransomware variants is in the wild following a leak of the source code used by the prolific ransomware gang last year. First emerging in ...

Two recently identified ransomware gangs are using payloads that contain almost identical code, suggesting that the groups’ affiliates are using shared infrastructure. The groups, named HellCat and ...

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) allows you to use extensions to make development more convenient. It has been reported that an extension that distributes ransomware has been published on the Visual Studio ...