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Specialty insurance provider CFC announced today it has appointed Michael Phillips as Cyber Practice Leader. In this newly created role based out of New

Paying the Ransom Doubles Recovery Costs Rate of Ransomware Attacks Remains Steady, with 66% of Organizations Surveyed Reporting They Were a Victim of...

Colombia, Costa Rica, and Jordan have become part of the Counter Ransomware Initiative.

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Two years after the international Ransomware Task Force issued 48 recommendations for governments, the technology industry, and civil society to deter and disrupt the ransomware model, there are mixed signs of success. The FBI scored a stunning win when it infiltrated and decimated the Hive ransomware gang’s IT infrastructure. The REvil ransomware gang was disrupted.

It’s still too early to tell whether brilliant but soulless robots will mean good or bad news for the red, white and blue.

Public-private collaboration, law enforcement, and better defenses are helping make inroads in the war against ransomware, according to the Ransomware Task Force.

Two years after the international Ransomware Task Force issued 48 recommendations for governments, the technology industry, and civil society to deter and disrupt the ransomware model, there are mixed signs of success. The FBI scored a stunning win when it infiltrated and decimated the Hive ransomware gang's IT infrastructure. The REvil ransomware gang was disrupted.

These days, not a month goes by that we hear about a new major ransomware attack. But how did we get to this point where our data...

In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, a privately held oil pipeline responsible for nearly half of the oil supply for the U.S. East Coast, was crippled by a DarkSide ransomware...