Security News
A Ponemon Institute report on ransomware revealed 48 percent of businesses surveyed paid a ransom in exchange for getting their data back.
Security researchers have identified a new and evasive mobile ransomware strain called Charger on the Google Play app store.
Check Point’s mobile security researchers have discovered a new ransomware in Google Play, dubbed Charger. Charger was found embedded in an app called EnergyRescue. The infected app steals...
Services are being restored to the St. Louis Public Library computer system after a ransomware attack impacted access to machines and data at all 17 branches.
A spam campaign has started spreading Sage ransomware, while a ransomware service known as Satan allows users to customize distribution.
If you’ve been hit by ransomware that has scrambled the names of your encrypted files and has appended the .stn extension to them, you’ve been targeted by Satan – not the “Prince of Darkness”, but...
A recent decrease of Locky ransomware infections has been tied with the lack of activity of the Necurs botnet, which is used to deliver the malware directly to potential victims’ email accounts....
Researchers are keeping close tabs on a new ransomware strain called Spora that offers victims unique payment options.
Locky ransomware attacks have dramatically decreased during December 2016, according to Check Point. Locky, which uses massive spam campaigns as a major distribution vector, only surfaced in 2016...
According to a new report on the ransomware protection market by MarketsandMarkets, the market size is expected to grow from $8.16 billion in 2016 to $17.36 billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual...