How modern infostealers target macOS systems, leverage Python‑based stealers, and abuse trusted platforms and utilities to ...

This episode kicks off with Moltbook, a social network exclusively for AI agents where 150,000 agents formed digital religions, sold "digital drugs" ...

A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to multiple crimes in relation to his involvement in ransomware attacks. The suspect and his group targeted several companies using the Nelifim ransomware code.

A ransomware variant favored by a pro-Russia hacktivist group is back on the scene with a new version that has a fatal flaw — it keeps artifacts that allow victims to decrypt their files. VolkLocker ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...

In Q3 2025, Check Point Research recorded a record 85 active ransomware and extortion groups, the highest ever observed. What was once a concentrated market dominated by a few ransomware-as-a-service ...

Helping companies pay ransoms to digital extortionists is kind of an odd business. On the one hand, you “negotiate” with cybercriminals and in so doing may drive down the costs of recovering from a ...

A Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named “susvsex” with built-in ransomware capabilities was uploaded on November 5, 2025. The extension, created with apparent assistance from Artificial ...

A malicious extension with basic ransomware capabilities seemingly created with the help of AI, has been published on Microsoft's official VS Code marketplace. Named susvsex and published by ...

Abstract: Ransomware targeting the Android platform continues to pose a serious threat to users and organizations, with increasing sophistication and widespread impact. This paper introduces a ...