We have to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare… and backups? Cockrell Hill, Texas has a population of just over 4,000 souls and a police force thatRead More →
The VirLocker ransomware made a comeback this past week with a new and very virulent version, but the Malwarebytes security team says there’s a way for victims to recover filesRead More →
A newly observed spam campaign is spreading a ransomware variant known as Sage 2.0 that is demanding a $2,000 ransom for the decryption key. Sage 2.0 is a new ransomwareRead More →
Users can expect to share 30 percent of their ill-gotten gains for signing up. A new kind of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) which offers users the chance to tailor their own codeRead More →
A new ransomware family is targeting Android devices, locking access to the screen, and constantly pestering the user to enter his payment card details. According to Fortinet researcher Kai Lu,Read More →
A new ransomware family was snuffed in its crib today after security researchers tracked it down, analyzed its source code for weaknesses, and released a decrypter in less than 24Read More →
The Los Angeles Community College District has paid a US$28,000 ransomware after crooks compromised its network. Fortunately, the school retrieved data. A Los Angeles school has paid a US$28,000 ransomwareRead More →
The number of hijacked MongoDB servers held for ransom has skyrocketed in the past two days from 10,500 to over 28,200, thanks in large part to the involvement of aRead More →
Recent variants of the “Merry Christmas” ransomware, also known as Merry X-Mas, are also dropping the DiamondFox malware on infected computers, which is used by the ransomware’s operators to collectRead More →
The “ActionFraud” UK National Fraud & Cyber Crime Reporting Center has issued an alert this week to UK educational institutes, warning against cyber-criminals cold-calling British schools and tricking staffers intoRead More →
