The ransomware will lock your files, unless you pay up. But it also contains a far more sinister method of decrypting your files.

Emisoft has released a free decryption tool for the latest version of Nemucod ransomware -- meaning you can get your files back for free.

A new ransomware called CommonRansom was discovered that has a very bizarre request. In order to decrypt a computer after a payment is made, they require the victim to open up Remote Desktop ...

As Paradise uses RSA encryption to encrypt a file, the encryption process is very slow, which hopefully allows a victim time to detect the encryption taking place and stop it. When the ransomware ...

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named ...

Victims of the widespread TeslaCrypt ransomware can now decrypt files affected by recent versions of the malicious program.

Ransomware is nothing new; it has been around for a while now. Ransomware is software that is installed on your computer via various means that will encrypt files and offer to decrypt them only if ...

A new in-development ransomware has been discovered, which stands out from the crowd, letting victims have their files decrypted by spreading the malware to others until a ransom is paid.

Ransomware is one of the more common ways nowadays for some criminals to make money by infecting computers with malware that locks files using encryption.

One question I have is, does the encryption process usually immediately damage a file once it starts the process?