A criminal group has made at least $450,000 by infecting organizations with the Samas ransomware in the past year, according to an analysis by researchers from security firm Palo AltoRead More →
Yesterday, GData malware analyst Karsten Hahn discovered an in-development ransomware disguised as a click me game. When executed the ransomware will launch a screen that contains a Click Me button that a userRead More →
The latest variant of the notorious Cerber ransomware family is currently featured in several infection campaigns, security researchers warn. Dubbed Cerber 4.0, the malware version emerged in early October andRead More →
Unlock92 infections going under the radar. A ransomware variant that appeared in early July this year and was initially cracked and decrypted has quietly resurfaced in mid-August and has beenRead More →
Some of the data looks legit, some looked fake. A group of hackers who call themselves “Pravyy Sector” [Right Sector] are extorting the Polish Government on Twitter, threatening to releaseRead More →
RansomNoteCleaner Windows app cleans up the ransom note spam left behind after removing a ransomware infection. Security researcher Michael Gillespie, one of the people responsible for creating several free ransomwareRead More →
We had 4 new ransomware infections, 2 updates, and one TeslaCrypt news item this week, but for the most part there was nothing that interesting released. When I write theseRead More →
Hey Folks! So late last year a quote was going around about a comment for the Special Agent in charge of the Cyber Intelligence program for a Boston branch ofRead More →
Last week Kafeine posted an analysis of a new ransomware called CryptXXX on the Proofpoint blog. Based on their analysis they determined that CryptXXX is affiliated with the developers of theRead More →
One of the Internet’s oldest and crudest attacks experiences a resurgence. A number of sites have been hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks over the past week. Strong enough to knockRead More →
