Find out the common types of cyber extortion, the impacts of these incidents, and how to respond and prevent them in the first place.

Despite high-profile attacks and publicity, advanced persistent threats continue to strike organizations in all sectors. How can security leaders improve defenses? ThreatTrack's Usman Choudhary offers ...

The region is up against tactics like data-leak extortion, credential-stealing campaigns, edge-device exploitation, and ...

Cyber extortion can hit a company hard by disrupting operations, exposing sensitive data and shaking shareholder trust. Even a single attack can have costly, far-reaching consequences for business ...

An unknown user going by the handle "Gitloker" is grabbing and wiping clean repositories on GitHub in an apparent effort to extort victims. The campaign, which a researcher at Chilean cybersecurity ...

Nike is investigating what it described as a "potential cyber security incident" after the World Leaks ransomware gang leaked ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coveware by Veeam ®, the leading authority in ransomware response and cyber extortion trends, today unveiled its Q2 2025 ransomware report, spotlighting a dramatic escalation ...

A new report from Anthropic, a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, highlights a troubling development in the cybersecurity landscape: threat actors are now using AI to automate nearly every ...

"It is said that the law is always at least several years behind the technology. With respect to the application of a criminal statute the doctrine of lenity, among other established rules, acts as ...

Grubhub confirms a data breach after hackers accessed internal systems as sources warn of extortion tied to stolen support ...

A majority of European organizations are under the potential threat of cyber extortion, and many are placing blame on their internet service providers (ISP), according to a survey of 100 security ...