Security News

New ransomware modifications increase 14% (Help Net Security)
2016-05-09 13:00

Kaspersky Lab detected 2,896 new ransomware modifications during the first quarter, which is an increase of 14 percent on the previous quarter. In addition, the number of attempted ransomware...

Criminals Peddling Affordable AlphaLocker Ransomware (Threatpost)
2016-05-05 19:45

A relatively affordable and difficult to detect ransomware-as-a-service named AlphaLocker has begun making the rounds, researchers warn.

Diary of a Ransomware Victim (Threatpost)
2016-05-05 15:22

A major online casino ran headfirst into a ransomware infection, and learned some lessons the hard way about how simple mistakes that can lead to complicated problems.

Ransomware enters companies through RDP servers (Help Net Security)
2016-05-04 13:21

Attackers wielding ransomware are targeting enterprises through an often-found hole in the corporate network: Internet facing, poorly secured remote desktop servers. According to Wouter Jansen,...