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cryptomalware

10 articles

Why ransomware is now after your data — and how to protect your home storage
  • backup

Ransomware now taking aim at personal backups

Personal backups and home NAS are now in cybercriminals’ crosshairs. We break down exactly how hackers encrypt your data — and how you can stop them.

  • Tom Fosters

  • March 31, 2026

Ransomware group uses ClickFix to attack businesses.
  • ransomware

How Interlock attacks IT specialists with fake CAPTCHAs and ClickFix

We explore how cybercriminals are targeting IT specialists searching for a popular network scanner, using the Interlock ransomware attack as an example.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • May 16, 2025

Trojan.Arcanum — a new trojan targeting tarot experts, esotericists, and magicians
  • threats

Tarot and cyberthreats: a new Trojan for fans of the supernatural

New malware targets magic enthusiasts — sending stolen data to an “astral cloud server”.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • April 1, 2025

The complete story of the 2024 ransomware attack on UnitedHealth
  • ransomware

UnitedHealth ransomware attack

A year after the ransomware attack on healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group, we’ve compiled all publicly available information about the incident and its aftermath.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • February 20, 2025

Ransomware attacks in 2024
  • anti-ransomware

Ransomware: the most notable attacks of 2024

$3 billion worth of damage to healthcare insurance giant, schools closed, soccer club players’ data leaked, and other ransomware incidents in 2024.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • January 31, 2025

The chronicle of WannaCry worm
  • Chronicle

The chronicle of WannaCry

Security evolution: The large-scale, but short-lived ransomware epidemic of 2017.

  • Enoch Root

  • August 24, 2022

Decryptor for Yanluowang malware
  • ransomware

Decryptor for Yanluowang malware

Our cryptanalysts have found a way to decrypt files encrypted by Yanluowang.

  • Hugh Aver

  • April 18, 2022

  • ransomware

Anti-ransomware strategy

Practical tips for protecting companies from ransomware.

  • Hugh Aver

  • April 8, 2022

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.
  • truth

Snow White, the Seven Cryptominers, and the targeted attacks

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • January 4, 2020

  • cryptomalware

WannaCry: On screens everywhere!

Embedded systems demand special protection from infections similar to WannaCry.

  • Dmitry Zveginets

  • May 19, 2017

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