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 ...

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 ...

Abstract: Compared to other programming languages (e.g., Java), Python has more idioms to make Python code concise and efficient. Although Pythonic idioms are well accepted in the Python community, ...

In this tutorial, we explore how we can seamlessly run MATLAB-style code inside Python by connecting Octave with the oct2py library. We set up the environment on Google Colab, exchange data between ...

The ransomware ecosystem continues to splinter, with new gangs proliferating in the wake of law enforcement takedowns that have scattered affiliates and prompted criminal rebrands. Observers have ...

As cybercrime surges around the world, new research increasingly shows that ransomware is evolving as a result of widely available generative AI tools. In some cases, attackers are using AI to draft ...

The Python team at Microsoft is continuing its overhaul of environment management in Visual Studio Code, with the August 2025 release advancing the controlled rollout of the new Python Environments ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Python is a highly popular programming language, widely used in various fields like software development, data ...