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University officials said users likely kicked off a ransomware attack that infected a dozen personal and shared drives by visiting a compromised website.
One of the world's top ten universities, awarded the status of "centre of excellence in cyber-security research" by the UK's GCHQ, has been hit by a so-far unrecognized strain of ransomware. This...
Errors in Jaff and EncrypTile Ransomware Exploited to Crack Crypto on DemandVictims of Jaff and EncrypTile ransomware can take advantage of two new free tools from security firms that exploit...
Hit by Jaff Ransomware? Don't pay the Ransom. You can unlock your files for Free! Kaspersky Labs has released an updated version 1.21.2.1 of its free ransomware decryption tool, RakhniDecryptor,...
Researchers have neutralized the latest strain of the Jaff ransomware, releasing a decryption tool for unlocking files.
Patrick Wardle of Synack and the Objective-See blog talks to Mike Mimoso about the emergence of a ransomware service targeting MacOS machines. Wardle explains why he characterizes MacRansom as...
A new, free macOS-based ransomware as a service has surfaced on the darkweb. Researchers say once the malware encrypts users' files, they're "pretty much gone for good."
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, 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...
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,...