The developer of the AES-NI ransomware claims that the recent “success” he’s been enjoying is due to the NSA exploits leaked last week by the Shadow Brokers group. In aRead More →
A new ransomware as a service (RaaS) called Karmen has been discovered by security researchers at Recorded Future. This service allows anyone, including novices, to set up an account andRead More →
A new ransomware called Mole was found by security researcher Brad Duncan while he was analyzing a new SPAM campaign. After examining this sample, I feel that this is probably another variant of theRead More →
Brad Duncan, a Threat Intelligence Analyst for Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, has recently started seeing the EITest campaign use the RIG exploit kit to distribute the Matrix ransomware. While MatrixRead More →
For more than a month, at least ten groups of attackers have been compromising systems running applications built with Apache Struts and installing backdoors, DDoS bots, cryptocurrency miners, or ransomware,Read More →
An Indian developer is playing around with an open source ransomware builder, which in the long run may end up causing serious problems for innocent users. This developer, who goesRead More →
Several users have complained about “fake Flash” ads, which if triggered, can lead to a ransomware attack. Several users have complained that ads served through Microsoft’s Skype app are servingRead More →
Earlier this month, we teased a proof of concept for UEFI ransomware, which was presented at RSA Conference 2017. The HackingTeam, Snowden, Shadow Brokers, and Vault7 leaks have revealed thatRead More →
If you want to know what some ransomware developers think about the USA, you can get a good idea from the ransom note of the Sanctions Ransomware that was releasedRead More →
Apple fixes flaw attackers used to trick uninformed users into paying a fine. Ransomware scammers have been exploiting a flaw in Apple’s Mobile Safari browser in a campaign to extortRead More →
