Security News

Chimera Ransomware Promises to Publish Encrypted Data Online (Threatpost)
2015-11-06 13:44

The Chimera ransomware targets companies in Germany with a promise to publish victims' encrypted data online if a $700 ransom is not paid.

Cheap OmniRAT malware used to spy on Android, Windows, Linux, Mac devices (Help Net Security)
2015-11-06 09:29

European law enforcement agencies recently targeted users of the DroidJack mobile phone RAT, and likely made other would-be users refrain from buying and using that particular piece of malware. Luc...

Most employees are not malicious, but their carelessness can be just as damaging (Help Net Security)
2015-11-06 08:45

The results of a new Loudhouse survey show a disconnect between employees and IT within an organization with 73 percent of U.S. employees believing their company provides sufficient training on how to...

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...

A new, streamlined version of Cryptowall is doing rounds (Help Net Security)
2015-11-06 08:14

Cryptowall 4 (although the number is not mentioned in the new, changed ransom note) is not drastically different from version 3. According to malware researcher Nathan Scott, it uses the same encrypti...

Surviving in the IoT world: Risks of smart home devices (Help Net Security)
2015-11-06 07:45

Investigating some of the latest Internet-of-Things (IoT) products, Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered serious threats to the connected home. These include a coffeemaker that exposes the homeow...

It’s official! People want a more trustworthy Internet (Help Net Security)
2015-11-06 07:30

As part of a major research effort, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) unveiled cumulative data from their online survey of more than 100,000 Americans about their use of, and ...