UPDATE 9-5-25: The malware, referred to in the story as PromptLock, was found to be part of research being done by the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. ESET discovered the malware the ...

UPDATE (September 3 rd, 2025): ESET Research has been contacted by the authors of an academic study, Ransomware 3.0: Self-Composing and LLM-Orchestrated, whose research prototype closely resembles the ...

XWorm resurfaces with versions 6.0–6.5, now maintained by alias XCoderTools Malware includes RAT, ransomware, data theft, DoS, and over 35 modular plugins Trellix reports rising VirusTotal samples; ...

The LockBit ransomware gang has created encryptors targeting Macs for the first time, likely becoming the first major ransomware operation to ever specifically target macOS. The new ransomware ...

In the last couple of days it has become clear that the notorious LockBit ransomware gang has been exploring creating what could one day become a big headache for users of Mac computers. Security ...