Cybersecurity researchers are becoming interested in a newly discovered ransomware strain called DeadLock that abuses Polygon ...

Groups' victim listings and underground chatter suggest that the count of victims and number of criminal groups behind such ...

DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...

New research from Trellix detailed that CrazyHunter ransomware has emerged as a serious and escalating threat, underscoring the growing sophistication of modern cybercriminal operations.

A ransomware operation known as DeadLock has been observed abusing Polygon blockchain smart contracts to manage and rotate ...

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB found the DeadLock ransomware is exploiting Polygon smart contracts to create a resilient ...

But for the researchers at Group-IB, the old-school encryption-only model is not the most notable aspect of the DeadLock ...

The ransomware family’s abuse of Polygon smart contracts echoes techniques recently seen in Ethereum-based attacks.

The nearly fourfold spike in ransomware attacks on the telecom sector — from 24 in 2022 to 90 in 2025 — reflects the industry ...

If 2025 was meant to be the year ransomware started dying, nobody appears to have told the attackers.

Cyber-enabled fraud has overtaken ransomware as the primary concern for CEOs, marking a shift in how business leaders ...

New Annual Report from the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) Reveals a 58% YoY Increase in Ransomware Victims as Record Activity Becomes the New Norm RESTON, Va., January 15, ...