Security News

quot;Lockyquot; Ransomware Encrypts Unmapped Network Shares (SecurityWeek)
2016-02-18 16:24

Hospital pays $17k for ransomware crypto key (ArsTechnica)
2016-02-18 15:54

Hospital pays thousands to end attack known as 'ransomware' (Yahoo Security)
2016-02-18 13:54

Locky Ransomware Borrows Tricks from Dridex (Threatpost)
2016-02-18 11:59

Locky, a new strain of ransomware, appears to be borrowing a trick from Dridex: Using embedded macros to execute malware that goes on to encrypt users' files.

As Ransomware Crisis Explodes, Hollywood Hospital Coughs Up $17,000 In Bitcoin (Forbes)
2016-02-18 10:09

Locky crypto-ransomware rides in on malicious Word document macro (ArsTechnica)
2016-02-17 23:09

Locky ransomware is spreading like the clap (The Register)
2016-02-17 21:54

Dridex botnet alive and well, now also spreading ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-02-17 20:13

Last October’s disruption of the Dridex botnet by UK and US law enforcement agencies and the arrest of a Moldovan bot master have not lead to the death of the botnet. That’s because the botnet is...

Patients diverted to other hospitals after ransomware locks down key software (ArsTechnica)
2016-02-17 15:39

A third of Brits would cough up 300 to ransomware peddlers (The Register)
2016-02-17 08:54