Security News

Google Study Quantifies Ransomware Profits (Threatpost)
2017-07-27 16:00

A ransomware study released Google revealed the malware earned criminals $25 million over the past two years.

The Rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-26 21:03

How will ransomware-as-a-service develop? What IoT exploits await the enterprise? Dan Schiappa of Sophos weighs in on how the cybersecurity threat landscape is likely to develop over the next five years.

Researcher Analyzes Psychology of Ransomware Splash Screens (Security Week)
2017-07-24 15:26

The 'splash screens' of seventy-six different types of ransomware have been analyzed by a cyber-psychologist from De Montfort University. read more

Source Code For SLocker Android Ransomware That Mimics WannaCry Leaked Online (The Hackers News)
2017-07-24 05:33

Bad news for Android users — Source code of for one of the oldest mobile and popular Android ransomware families has been leaked online, making it available for cyber criminals who can use it to...

Battling Ransomware With Crowdsourced Threat Intelligence (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-21 18:48

Ransomware Gangs' Profits Still Booming, Say AlienVault Security ResearchersIt's boom time for the ransomware business as criminals continue to make easy cryptocurrency paydays via crypto-locking...

CryptoMix Ransomware Variant EXTE Emerges (Security Week)
2017-07-17 17:50

A new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware was recently observed, appending the .EXTE extension to targeted files, security researchers warn. read more

NemucodAES Ransomware, Kovter Click-Fraud Malware Spreading in Same Campaigns (Threatpost)
2017-07-14 16:37

Researchers have spotted malicious email campaigns using Zip archives to spread NemucodAES ransomware and the Kovter click-fraud Trojan, simultaneously distributing both pieces of malware.

New Ransomware Threatens to Send Your Internet History & Private Pics to All Your Friends (The Hackers News)
2017-07-13 04:27

After WannaCry and Petya ransomware outbreaks, a scary (but rather creative) new strain of ransomware is spreading via bogus apps on the Google Play Store, this time targeting Android mobile...

ICS Security Pros Increasingly Concerned About Ransomware: Survey (Security Week)
2017-07-11 16:27

Many security practitioners in the field of industrial control systems (ICS) believe the level of risk is high, and they are increasingly concerned about ransomware and embedded controllers,...

Week in review: Windows 10 against crypto ransomware, satellite phone comms decryption (Help Net Security)
2017-07-10 01:40

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016 The majority of US-based law firms are not only exposed in a wide...