Security News

Cybercriminals add DDoS component to ransomware payloads (Help Net Security)
2016-05-24 13:00

Instead of just encrypting data files on a workstation (plus any network drive it can find) and locking the machine, a new variant of the Cerber ransomware is now adding a DDoS bot that can...

Cybercriminals filtering out victims by location (Help Net Security)
2016-05-03 13:00

There’s a growing trend among cybercriminals to target and even filter out specific countries when designing ransomware, according to SophosLabs. To lure more victims with their attacks,...

Cybercriminals increasingly exploiting human nature (Help Net Security)
2016-04-27 13:05

Cybercriminals are exploiting human nature as they rely on familiar attack patterns such as phishing, and increase their reliance on ransomware, finds the Verizon 2016 Data Breach Investigations...

Cybercriminals are adopting corporate best practices (Help Net Security)
2016-04-12 15:15

Cybercriminals are adopting corporate best practices and establishing professional businesses in order to increase the efficiency of their attacks against enterprises and consumers. This new class...