The present invention discloses an automatic resetting steel wire rope brake, which comprises two side plates, a fixed brake plate, a moving brake plate, two sides of the moving brake plate are respectively and rotatably matched with one end of a link arm, and the moving brake plate can do translational motion towards or away from the fixed brake plate under the drive of the two link arms; two ends of the sliding axle are respectively in sliding fit with arc-shaped grooves of the two side plates; a hooking part is formed on a swing-type latch hook, and is used for hooking and locking the sliding axle. According to the automatic resetting steel wire rope brake disclosed by the present invention, elevator ascending and descending over-speed protection and car accidental movement protection can be realized simultaneously.