New Python ransomware targets virtual machines, ESXi hypervisors to encrypt disks By targeting ESXi, encryption was achieved in less than three hours on a corporate network.

Pro tip, don't install PowerShell commands without approval A team of data thieves has doubled down by developing its ...

A new ransomware has been discovered by AVG malware analyst @JakubKroustek called HolyCrypt. This ransomware is written in Python and compiled into a Windows executable using PyInstaller. This ...

A new kind of ransomware written in Python has upped the encryption game by using a unique key for every file it encrypts on a victim's machine, researchers have warned. The ransomware, dubbed ...

Operators of an unknown ransomware gang are using a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers.

Threat researchers at Sophos have identified a new strain of unusually fast-acting ransomware written in the Python programming language that has targeted VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines ...

Ransomware 2.0 is increasingly targeted, and uses double and tripe extortion to force victims to pay with cryptocurrency.

Kaspersky recently analyzed FunkSec, a new ransomware group This group uses AI to generate code in the encryptors and other tools Ransomware is steadily growing as a threat The future of ransomware ...

Memento Ransomware Locked Files in a Password-Protected Archive When it Couldn’t Encrypt the Data and Demands $1 Million in Bitcoin OXFORD, United Kingdom, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a ...

Researchers at Sophos Group plc have released details of new ransomware written in Python that attackers used to compromise and encrypt virtual machines hosted on an ESXi hypervisor.