The NotPetya ransomware that encrypted and locked thousands of computers across the globe yesterday and today is, in reality, a disk wiper meant to sabotage and destroy computers, and notRead More →
Tuesday saw a second major cyberattack in as many months, affecting several countries and dozens of major companies — and that’s just the start. Some of the dust has settledRead More →
Despite being an expanding threat, ransomware infections are rarely reported to law enforcement agencies, according to conclusions from the 2016 Internet Crime Report, released yesterday by the FBI’s Internet CrimeRead More →
Nayana, a web hosting provider based in South Korea, announced it is in the process of paying a three-tier ransom demand of nearly $1 million worth of Bitcoin, following aRead More →
The hack targets computers worldwide running on Microsoft Windows 2003 It exploits a known flaw in the servers, triggering a buffer overflow This allows hackers to remotely access theRead More →
Ransomware has become a popular criminal business with a relatively easy entrance. Even the people with little technical knowledge can build their own ransomware based on open source code, thatRead More →
Security researchers have had a busy week since the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that wreaked havoc on computers worldwide. News of the infection and the subsequent viral images showing everything fromRead More →
Short Bytes: WannaCry 2.0 or WannaDecrypt0r 2.0 ransomware is turning out to be one of the biggest security threats of recent times. It has spread in over 150 countries and affectedRead More →
The WannaCry ransomware — also known as WCry, Wana Decrypt0r, WannaCrypt, and WanaCrypt0r — infected a honeypot server made to look like a vulnerable Windows computer six times in theRead More →
A new malware family called Jaff has been identified by researchers who say they are currently tracking multiple massive spam campaigns distributing the malware via the Necurs botnet. “It cameRead More →
