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Researchers identified a new ransomware family called Magniber that uniquely only targets users in South Korea and the Asia Pacific regions.

Researchers have spotted Locky ransomware infections emanating from the Necurs botnet via Word attachments using a DDE technique that Microsoft says is an Office feature and does not merit a...

Look Ma, No Macros: Malicious Spam Wields Windows Application-Linking FeatureSpammers wielding Locky ransomware have a new trick up their sleeve: the ability to infect PCs via malicious Microsoft...

A brand new ransomware family currently being distributed through the Magnitude exploit kit appears to be targeting South Korean users exclusively, security researchers have discovered. read more

A new piece of ransomware is targeting Android users. Dubbed DoubleLocker, it both encrypts users’ files and changes the device’s PIN. About DoubleLocker Lukáš Štefanko, the ESET researcher who...

A newly discovered ransomware family targeting Android devices is abusing the platform’s accessibility services, ESET warns. read more

DoubleLocker—as the name suggests, it locks device twice. Security researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET have discovered a new Android ransomware that not just encrypts users’ data, but also...

There are currently more than 6,300 estimated dark web marketplaces selling ransomware, with more than 45,000 current product listings, according to new research by Carbon Black. The prices for...

The ransomware marketplace has grown by a phenomenal 2,502% from 2016 to 2017. This is the amount of money spent by criminals on ransomware software. It is a market fueled by the technical...

Incident Illustrates That More Than Data Is at Risk When Malware StrikesAn Arkansas-based surgery center was recently hit by ransomware that rendered some imaging files, including X-rays,...