Check Point researchers have uncovered a new ransomware-as-a-service threat with significant design flaws. Vect 2.0 is unable ...

New ransomware variant destroys everything bigger than 128kb, making retrieval without a backup impossible.

Ransomware attacks have grown in complexity and frequency over the past decade, but as horrible as an attack can be, malicious actors often honor the ransom and decrypt files after receiving payment.

VECT 2.0 was built to lock your files and demand a ransom. A rookie coding mistake means it's just destroying them instead.

The Vect 2.0 ransomware wipes large files instead of merely encrypting them, making recovery impossible – even for the ...

Claude Opus commit added malicious npm dependency in Feb 2026, enabling crypto theft and persistent RAT access.