The cybercrime group behind the FonixCrypter ransomware has announced today on Twitter that they've deleted the ransomware's source code and plan to shut down their operation. As a gesture of goodwill ...

Most industry analyst firms conclude that between 80-90 percent of network traffic is encrypted today. Jeff Costlow, CISO at ExtraHop, explains why this might not be a good thing. Strong encryption is ...

These decryption keys were uncovered by the FBI after a massive joint operation disrupted LockBit earlier this year, though the gang appears to still be operational. The US FBI has revealed that it ...

A free decryption tool for a form of ransomware that has plaguing victims since 2017 has just been updated with additional capabilities to make it more effective at returning encrypted files – without ...

Europol and the European Commission have launched a new decryption platform that will help boost Europol’s ability to gain access to information stored in encrypted media collected during criminal ...

A mistake in the process used by the Signal Desktop application to encrypt locally stored messages leaves them wide open to an attacker. When Signal Desktop is installed, it will create an encrypted ...

The FBI refrained for almost three weeks from helping to unlock the computers of hundreds of businesses and institutions hobbled by a major ransomware attack this summer, even though the bureau had ...

Bottom line: Victims of ransomware attacks are typically advised not to pay the ransom demanded by cybercriminals. Paying up offers no guarantee that the attackers will uphold their end of the deal, ...

Researchers have neutralized the latest strain of the Jaff ransomware, releasing a decryption tool for unlocking files. A weakness discovered in Jaff ransomware by researchers has led to the creation ...

What John Marshall, Aaron Burr, and some of the best lawyers of the founding era can teach us about the Fifth Amendment and compelled decryption. Today I posted a new draft article on SSRN, Decryption ...