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Ransomware

What Is Ransomware and How Do You Stop It?

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Ransomware locks your files and demands payment to get them back. Here's how it works, how it gets in, and what actually protects you against it.

This Week in Security: April 23, 2026

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A ransomware negotiator feeding victims’ insurance limits to BlackCat, an OAuth mistake that cost Vercel, 163 Microsoft patches, a new ransomware gang experimenting with post-quantum crypto, 481 Oracle patches, and NIS2 enforcement going live.