Security News

Latest Petya Ransomware Strain Comes with a Failsafe: Mischa (Threatpost)
2016-05-13 15:07

The latest Petya ransomware attacks come with a twist; if Petya is not granted privileges to encrypt the Master File Table, it instead installs Mischa ransomware.

Bucbi Ransomware Gets a Big Makeover (Threatpost)
2016-05-09 18:16

Two-year-old Bucbi ransomware is making a comeback with new capabilities added, transforming the simple malware into Swiss Army Knife for cyber crime.

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...