A new decryptor key has been created for victims of the Babuk Tortilla ransomware variant, Cisco Talos has confirmed. These keys will be added to a generic Babuk decryptor previously created by Avast ...

Researchers took advantage of a weakness in the encryption scheme of Key Group ransomware and developed a decryption tool that lets some victims to recover their files for free. The decryptor was ...

The most recent Key Group ransomware variant is out of business, thanks to a free tool victims can use to decrypt compromised data. Researchers at EclecticIQ have the developed the tool and estimate ...

Good news for many victims of WannaCry: Free tools can be used to decrypt some PCs that were forcibly encrypted by the ransomware, providing the prime numbers used to build the crypto keys remain in ...

A new disclosed cPanel flaw tracked as CVE-2026-41940 is being mass-exploited to breach websites and encrypt data in "Sorry" ...

This might be the work of an amateur, but they might not stay an amateur for long.

First the good news: there are now free utilities for decrypting your data after a ransomware attack. Now the bad news: the tools only work for specific ransomware, not all variants. Cisco Systems' ...

Aside from the efforts of security researchers and antivirus companies, malware victims can sometimes also benefit from the fighting between rival cybercriminal groups. That happened this week when ...

Bottom line: Victims of ransomware attacks are typically advised not to pay the ransom demanded by cybercriminals. Paying up offers no guarantee that the attackers will uphold their end of the deal, ...

It’s not clear how many of the decryption keys are still viable, but it’s likely to be a boon for many enterprise victims who did not pay the ransom. The FBI has acquired more than 7,000 decryption ...