
Ransomware at Machine Speed: How GenAI Shrinks the Path after Initial Access
Zscaler says GenAI helps ransomware crews phish better, find sensitive data faster, and build evasive custom scripts.
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Zscaler says GenAI helps ransomware crews phish better, find sensitive data faster, and build evasive custom scripts.

Zscaler ThreatLabz reports ransomware data theft surged 275.8% to 896.2TB, with exfiltration-focused extortion outpacing encryption-centric defenses.

Vidar stealer now hides strings with a custom bytecode VM and per-build ARX stream ciphers, weakening static detection.
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