Beware: New ‘DeadLock’ Ransomware Weaponizes Polygon Smart Contracts to Stay Invisible
Cybersecurity researchers have gotten interested by a newly found ransomware pressure known as UselessLock that abuses Polygon sensible contracts to silently service its infrastructure and bypass standard detection instruments, as a current report by risk intelligence agency Group-IB depicts. UselessLock, first noticed in July 2025, has up to now remained largely below the radar as…
