Security News

Researchers Dissect Potent quot;Locky Bartquot; Ransomware (SecurityWeek)
2017-02-01 15:05

Misconfigured firewall blamed for hospital ransomware infection (ZDNet)
2017-02-01 13:20

Cerber tops Windows 10 ransomware charts (The Register)
2017-02-01 07:50

Windows 10 helps stop spread of ransomware, Microsoft security researcher says (TechRepublic)
2017-01-31 16:35

IoT Ransomware Against Austrian Hotel (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-31 14:49

Attackers held an Austrian hotel network for ransom, demanding $1800 in Bitcoin to unlock the network. Among other things, the locked network wouldn't allow any of the guests to open their hotel...

Ransomware is about to get a lot worse, by holding your operating system hostage (ZDNet)
2017-01-31 14:35

Why companies shouldn’t feel helpless in the fight against ransomware (Help Net Security)
2017-01-31 13:30

According to recent reports, ransomware is now a billion dollar business for cybercriminals. Attackers are honing in on the weak spots of organisations; human behaviour through social engineering...

We see you, ransomware flingers, testing out your baddest stuff on... Germany? (The Register)
2017-01-31 12:20

Ransomware Didn't Hold Austrian Hotel Guests Hostage (InfoRiskToday)
2017-01-31 10:50

Picky ransomware targets specific subset of would-be Netflix users (Help Net Security)
2017-01-30 21:40

Aspiring Netflix users who don’t want to actually pay for the popular video on demand service are being targeted with a new type of ransomware. Detected as Netix by Trend Micro, the ransomware is...