Security News

New Cerber ransomware variant steals Bitcoin wallets, passwords (Help Net Security)
2017-08-07 17:17

Here’s a new reason to fear ransomware more than ever before: a new variant of Cerber has been modified to steal Bitcoin wallets and passwords before encrypting victims’ files and demanding...

FBI Arrests Researcher Who Found 'Kill-Switch' to Stop Wannacry Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-08-03 10:42

The 22-year-old British security researcher who gained fame for discovering the "kill switch" that stopped the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware—has been reportedly arrested in the United States...

Hackers Behind WannaCry Ransomware Withdraw $143,000 From Bitcoin Wallets (The Hackers News)
2017-08-03 06:53

The cyber criminals behind the global WannaCry ransomware attack that caused chaos worldwide have finally cashed out their ransom payments. Nearly three months ago, the WannaCry ransomware shut...

Clinic Discovers Lengthy Intrusion Post-Ransomware Attack (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-01 20:48

Lessons to Learn When an Attack Uncovers Earlier BreachesAn Atlanta-based neurological practice is the latest healthcare organization to recover from a ransomware attack, only to discover it was...

ShieldFS Can Detect Ransomware, Recover Files (Threatpost)
2017-07-31 20:33

At Black Hat last week, an add-on Windows driver and filesystem called ShieldFS was unveiled that detects ransomware and recovers files.

Ransomware Attack Affects 300,000 Patients of Women's Clinic (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-28 19:33

Recovery Was Quick, But Detection Took MonthsA hacker attack on a women's healthcare clinic that impacted 300,000 patients ranks as the second largest ransomware-related health data breach...

22% of SMBs hit by ransomware had to cease business operations (Help Net Security)
2017-07-27 19:38

More than one-third of small and medium-sized businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year, a new Malwarebytes report claims, and 22 percent of these impacted businesses had to...

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