Security News

Fake "Incoming Fax Report" emails lead to crypto-ransomware (Help Net Security)
2015-03-23 16:40

Once again, fake "Incoming Fax Report" emails carrying malware are being sent out to random users. Given the popularity of online fax-sending services, there are likely to be many victims. The emai...

Week in review: Shadow IT, crypto-ransomware goes after gamers, and the security of smartwatches (Help Net Security)
2015-03-16 05:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Hack yourself first: How we can take the fight to the black hats Threats are no longer posed solely by those countri...

New crypto-ransomware encrypts video games files (Help Net Security)
2015-03-12 14:42

A new piece of ransomware that (mis)uses the Cryptolocker "brand" has been analyzed by Bromium researchers, and they discovered that aside from the usual assortment of file types that ransomware usual...

μTorrent comes bundled with crypto-miner, users are furious (Help Net Security)
2015-03-09 15:19

BitTorrent, the company responsible for the development of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol as well as that of μTorrent, a widely used torrent client, has been criticized for bundling the pop...