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14-Year-Old Japanese Boy Arrested for Creating Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-06-06 04:27

Japanese authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy in Osaka, a prefecture and large port city, for allegedly creating and distributing a ransomware malware. This is the first such arrest in...

Jaff Ransomware Operation Tied to Cybercrime Store (Security Week)
2017-06-04 20:28

Jaff, a ransomware family that emerged on May 12, the same day WannaCry did, appears connected to wider operations, as a recent sample was found to share server space with a refined cybercrime...

Inside the WannaCry Ransomware Outbreak (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-01 22:03

An Insider's View of the Attack: How it was Created, Implemented and Rapidly Spread WorldwideUnlike other ransomware families, Wanna continues to encrypt victim files following any name changes,...

Decoy Files Found in PDFs Dropping Jaff Ransomware
2017-06-01 13:37

Spam campaigns distributing the Jaff ransomware have evolved and are using multiple decoy files hidden inside malicious PDF attachments, Trustwave security researchers say. read more

China, U.S. Most Affected by WannaCry Ransomware (Security Week)
2017-05-30 16:10

New data released by security company Kryptos Logic reveals that China and the United States were affected the most by the WannaCry outbreak over the past weeks. read more