A free decryptor for the BlackByte ransomware has been released, allowing past victims to recover their files for free. When executed, most ransomware will generate a unique encryption key per file or ...

A decryptor for the FunkSec ransomware has been developed and made avaliable to download for free by researchers at antivirus provider Avast. Ladislav Zezul, a malware researcher at Avast’s parent ...

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after ...

Telefonica announced a new tool created by its cybersecurity division to decrypt affected files by VCryptor. On June 3, Spain-based telecommunications conglomerate, Telefónica, released a free tool to ...

Thousands of ransomware victims may finally get some long-awaited relief. New Zealand-based security company Emsisoft has built a set of decryption tools for Stop, a family of ransomware that includes ...

Victims of a recently uncovered form of ransomware are being warned not to pay the ransom demand, simply because the ransomware isn't able to decrypt files – it just destroys them instead. Coded in ...

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In the decade since larger-than-life character Kim Dotcom founded Mega, the cloud storage service has amassed 250 million registered users and stores a whopping 120 billion files that take up more ...

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed ...