New crooks on the block get crafty with blockchain to evade defenses Researchers at Group-IB say the DeadLock ransomware ...

The ransomware family’s abuse of Polygon smart contracts echoes techniques recently seen in Ethereum-based attacks.

DeadLock, a ransomware group that first emerged in July 2025, has made news again, and this time it is for abusing Polygon ...

Group-IB researchers said the most unusual aspect of DeadLock lies in its use of Polygon smart contracts to manage ...

In a centralized system, stopping an attack can be as easy as flipping a switch. However, with decentralized setups like ...

A ransomware operation known as DeadLock has been observed abusing Polygon blockchain smart contracts to manage and rotate ...

DeadLock ransomware relies on Polygon smart contracts to spin proxy servers to produce a nearly unshuttable infrastructure.

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Researchers at cybersecurity company Group-IB found that DeadLock, a ransomware family discovered in July 2025, is now using smart contracts, or self-executing programs, on the popular Polygon (POL) ...

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