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

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB found the DeadLock ransomware is exploiting Polygon smart contracts to create a resilient ...

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

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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) ...

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

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

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S. warned of active exploitation of four vulnerabilities ...

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The DeadLock ransomware group, a newly emerged digital extortion group, is using blockchain smart contracts to store proxy ...

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

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