A new FBI crime report (IC3) shows the increase in ransomware attacks and spam calls, texts, and emails continues to skyrocket, resulting in more than $10 billion lost in the last year alone.

The FBI’s Internet Crime Report reveals that organizations that provide critical infrastructure for the United States were hit 860 times by ransomware attacks throughout 2022. A myriad of ...

Ransomware, which locks computers until hackers are paid off, accounted for about $34 million in adjusted losses reported to the FBI last year. The relatively modest figure compared to other forms ...

In 2022, the FBI "received 2,385 complaints identified as ransomware with adjusted losses of more than $34.3 million," according to the report. The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10 ...

Investment scams that involve grooming a target to invest in fraudulent endeavors took off like a rocket in 2022 and led all cyber crime, racking up $3.3 billion in losses on the year.

March 08, 2023 - Royal ransomware is continuing to be used in ... and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) about the variant, providing the most ...

CISA, the FBI and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) issued new advice about the ransomware group LockBit yesterday. The joint advisory details tactics, techniques ...

Malicious actors, including BlackCat, then demand a ransom in exchange for decryption.The United States government's Stop Ransomware website notes ransomware incidents have become "increasingly ...

Americans lost $10.3 billion to a wide variety of internet scams last year, according to an FBI report released this month.