Security News

TeslaCrypt ransomware pushed by several exploit kits (Help Net Security)
2015-04-16 08:59

TeslaCrypt is one of the newest additions to the ransomware category of malware, and is being pushed out to users left and right. Aside from the usual assortment of file types that ransomware usual...

As Ransomware Attacks Evolve, More Potential Victims Are at Risk (Threatpost)
2015-04-14 10:00

In early December, as most people were dealing with the stress of looking for the perfect holiday gifts and planning out their upcoming celebrations, police officers in a small New England town...

CoinVault ransomware: Retrieve data without paying the criminals (Help Net Security)
2015-04-14 05:25

Victims of the CoinVault ransomware have a chance to retrieve their data without having to pay the criminals, thanks to a repository of decryption keys and a decryption application made available onli...

New crypto-ransomware "quarantines" files, downloads info-stealer (Help Net Security)
2015-04-07 13:24

Trend Micro researchers have found and analyzed a new piece of crypto-ransomware: CryptVault encrypts files, makes them look like files quarantined by an AV solution, asks for ransom and, finally, dow...