Cybercrime & Digital Threats

A recap of the most notable ransomware variants and families seen in the past week.

From familiar ransomware families resurfacing with new and improved variants, to older families inspiring new ones, and even new business models, here's a review of ransomware activity seen last week.

Much of the coverage on ransomware either focuses on how it arrives in a system and the damaging repercussions that comes after. But what happens in between? Here's what happens in the background, before victims see the ransom note.

It was only a matter of time until cybercriminals would find a way to abuse the popular game, Pokemon Go and create a Pokemon Go-themed ransomware.