Security News

UK infosec's greatest threat? Thug malware holding nation's devices to ransom report (The Register)
2017-03-14 11:09

Week in review: MySQL databases held for ransom, CloudPets as surveillance devices (Help Net Security)
2017-03-05 18:01

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Google releases details, PoC exploit code for IE, Edge flaw As we’re impatiently waiting for Microsoft to...

Cyber extortionists hold MySQL databases for ransom (Help Net Security)
2017-02-27 19:13

Ransomware has become cyber crooks’ favorite attack methodology for hitting businesses, but not all cyber extortion attempts are effected with this particular type of malware. Since the beginning...

MySQL Databases Targeted in New Ransom Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2017-02-24 19:54

Hackers Lock Down Hotel Rooms In A New Twist On Ransom Attacks (Forbes)
2017-01-30 13:35

Ransom is the main motivation behind cyber attacks (Help Net Security)
2017-01-11 13:00

49% of businesses confirmed being the subject of a ransom campaign in 2016, according to Radware. What’s more, 27% of IT professionals surveyed chose data leakage or loss as a key concern when...

New sheriffs in town: No More Ransom (Help Net Security)
2016-12-15 16:00

A couple of months ago, Intel Security, Kaspersky Lab, Dutch National Police and Europol announced the No More Ransom initiative. Such an initiative was a true example of the term...

No More Ransom takes a bite out of ransomware (TechRepublic)
2016-09-27 01:36

That's not funny: MarsJoke ransomware threatens to wipe data if a ransom is not paid within 96 hours (ZDNet)
2016-09-26 12:06

When you've paid the ransom but you don't get your data back (The Register)
2016-09-07 12:33