Security News

Week in review: SLOTH attacks, JavaScript-based ransomware, and hacking medical implants (Help Net Security)
2016-01-11 06:09

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: SLOTH attacks weaken secure protocols because they still use MD5 and SHA-1 Researchers Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gae...

New JavaScript Ransomware Sold as a Service (Threatpost)
2016-01-04 16:04

Researchers have uncovered a ransomware-as-a-service operation called Ransom32. The ransomware is believed to be the first written in JavaScript.

Difficult to block JavaScript-based ransomware can hit all operating systems (Help Net Security)
2016-01-04 10:41

A new type of ransomware that still goes undetected by the great majority of AV solutions has been spotted and analyzed by Emsisoft researchers (via Google Translate). Ransom32 is delivered on the ...