Hackers escalate phishing and scamming attacks to exploit popular Discord bot and persuade users to click on the malicious links.

Melissa Bischoping, security researcher with Tanium and Infosec Insiders columnist, urges firms to consider the upstream and downstream impact of "triple extortion" ransomware attacks.

Artificial intelligence technology can detect the latest wave of Trickbot ransomware and block the attack before it causes damage.

Although organizations should perform proper risk analysis and patch as soon as practical after there's a fix for this vulnerability, defenders still have options before that's released.

The malware targets Windows users via Trojanized downloads of cracked or pirated software and then starts in on cryptocurrency mining and clipboard hijacking.