Find out what happens when digital criminals strike - and how to protect yourself CYBERCRIME lets crooks nab millions of pounds without leaving their bedroom – and mastering the techniques used in ...

An example of Romanian ransomware which claims to be from the police but is in fact the work of cyber-criminals looking to scare innocent users into paying a ransom. A man who found his computer ...

Hackers, believed to be based in Eastern Europe, infected systems on 11 January. 'SamSam' ransomware encrypted 1,400 files and demanded bitcoin be paid. Hancock Health's Steve Long said recovering ...

The world is still reeling from Friday's "cyber-apocalypse" - described by experts as "the biggest ransomware outbreak in history". With more than 200,000 victims in 150 different countries, many are ...

A security researcher claims to have created a new tool capable of restoring computers infected by WannaCry ransomware. Adrien Guinet has released WannaKey, which is designed to take advantage of a ...

A new form of ransomware called Petya has swept the globe affecting the likes of advertising firm WPP, shipping company Maersk and even the Chernobyl nuclear plant. It's the second high-profile ...

Ransomware can hit businesses of any size. Here's how to keep your enterprise safe.

Government workers in a borough of Alaska have turned to typewriters to do their jobs, after ransomware infected their computer systems. A spokeswoman for Matanuska-Susitna said the malware had ...

When the Clop ransomware gang first revealed it abused a flaw in GoAnwyhwere and stole data from 130 companies, not a lot of people believed them. Especially because at the time, the group only added ...

A virulent form of ransomware has now infected about quarter of a million Windows computers, according to a report by security researchers. Cryptolocker scrambles users' data and then demands a fee to ...

CYBERCRIME lets crooks nab millions of pounds without leaving their bedroom - and mastering the techniques used in this shadowy underworld requires a bit more skill and intellectual prowess than ...

Government workers in a borough of Alaska have turned to typewriters to do their jobs, after ransomware infected their computer systems. A spokeswoman for Matanuska-Susitna said the malware had ...