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UK parliament's secure network hit with crypto-ransomware (Help Net Security)
2015-11-10 10:43

The UK parliament's secure network has been breached and several computers on it have been compromised by hackers, The Times has reported. The newspaper makes is sound like the attack was targeted,...

New crypto-ransomware targets Linux web servers (Help Net Security)
2015-11-09 14:04

There's a new piece of crypto-ransomware out there, but unlike most malware of this particular type, this one is mainly directed at web servers running on Linux. The threat has been dubbed Linux En...

Crypto e-mail provider ProtonMail pays ransom to stop DDoS attack, attack continues (Help Net Security)
2015-11-06 08:41

Switzerland-based end-to-end encrypted e-mail provider ProtonMail has been on the receiving end of a heavy DDoS attack since Tuesday, November 3, and unavailable to its users for hours on end. Pro...

Crypto-ransomware encrypts files "offline" (Help Net Security)
2015-11-05 10:17

Ransomware comes in various forms, and not all ransomware encrypts files - some just block computers until the ransom is paid. When the file encryption feature is included, the encryption key is usual...

Chimera crypto-ransomware is hitting German companies (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 07:59

A new piece of crypto-ransomware is targeting German companies: it's called Chimera, and the criminals behind the scheme are threatening to release sensitive corporate data on the Internet if the targ...