The security researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have simulated a ransomware-based attack on PLCs in a water treatment plant. The security researchers at the Georgia Institute of TechnologyRead More →
An ultranationalist developer from Serbia is behind a series of malware strains, including a new ransomware family named SerbRansom, discovered yesterday by security researcher MalwareHunter. The ransomware itself is notRead More →
A new ransomware called DynA-Crypt was discovered by GData malware analyst Karsten Hahn that not only encrypts your data, but also tries to steal a ton of information from a victim’s computer. Ransomware andRead More →
A sample of a potentially new ransomware called Erebus has been discovered by MalwareHunterTeam on VirusTotal. I say that this is a potentially new ransomware because TrendMicro had reported another ransomware usingRead More →
The infamous Lockdroid ransomware has gained a new feature, a banality among desktop malware, but a never-before-seen trick for Android ransomware. This new feature is the usage of a dropperRead More →
A ransomware infection that took root on late Tuesday night, January 31, affected several services provided by the local Licking County (Ohio) government infrastructure. The Linking County Commissioner’s Office acknowledgedRead More →
In the past week, two security firms, Dr.Web and Emsisoft, suffered DDoS attacks at the hands of cyber-criminals who attempted to bring down their websites as payback for meddling withRead More →
Hackers infected 70 percent of storage devices that record data from D.C. police surveillance cameras eight days before President Trump’s inauguration, forcing major citywide reinstallation efforts, according to the policeRead More →
A security expert discovered a flaw in a ransomware protection service that opened Uber service, and many others, to cyber attacks. The Russian penetration tester Vladimir Ivanov from the securityRead More →
A ransomware infection has wreaked havoc at Romantik Seehotel Jägerwirt, a four-star hotel in the Austrian Alps, on the lip of the Turracher Höhe mountain lake. The incident took placeRead More →
