The Canvas ransomware attack highlights that threat actors will target digital platforms to gain access to downstream systems ...

AI-driven phishing enables ransomware entry, with 60% breaches linked to human error, leading to $813M payments in 2024.

MuddyWater used Teams phishing in 2026 to steal credentials, enabling stealthy data exfiltration and persistence without ...

Ransomware attacks against schools and universities held relatively steady in 2025, but the scale of data exposure rose sharply, driven in part by third-party software vulnerabilities and a handful of ...

Backups don't fail because they're missing, they fail because attackers destroy them first. Acronis explains how ransomware ...

Ransomware attacks surged 52% in 2025, with supply chain breaches nearly doubling as groups like Qilin drive record monthly incidents worldwide. Ransomware may no longer dominate daily headlines, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...

Ransomware was the largest threat to U.S. critical infrastructure in 2024, with complaints rising 9% from 2023, according to a report released by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

New surveys from CSO and CrowdStrike reveal growing fears that generative AI is accelerating ransomware attacks while defenders rush to harness the same technology to fight back. As ransomware attacks ...

In February 2026, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) fell victim to a ransomware attack. The incident took the Epic electronic health record system offline across 35 clinics and more ...

Ransomware is now the fastest growing and most disruptive cyber threat facing the automotive sector, accounting for 44% of attacks on carmakers in 2025, according to Halcyon. The security vendor ...

Just three ransomware groups were responsible for almost half of all ransomware attacks during the last month, analysis of reported incidents has revealed. According to cybersecurity analysts at Check ...