Security News

Master Decryption Key Released for TeslaCrypt Ransomware (Threatpost)
2016-05-19 13:41

The criminals behind the TeslaCrypt ransomware have closed up shop and publicly released the master decryption key that unlocks files encrypted by the malware.

CryptXXX 2.0 foils decryption tool, locks PCs (Help Net Security)
2016-05-11 19:09

CryptXXX ransomware, first spotted in mid-April, has reached version 2.0, and a new level of nastiness. It’s also on its way to become one of the top ransomware families in the wild. The malware’s...

TeslaCrypt: New versions and delivery methods, no decryption tool (Help Net Security)
2016-04-22 13:45

TeslaCrypt ransomware was first spotted and analyzed in early 2015, and soon enough researchers created a decryption tool for it. The malware has since reached versions 4.0 and 4.1 but,...

California Kills Phone Decryption Bill, But Bigger Battles Loom (Threatpost)
2016-04-15 11:00

While civil liberties advocates celebrate the defeat of California bill AB 1681, they caution that the fight to protect encryption from government regulation is not over.