Security News

Ransomware offers customer support via chat (Help Net Security)
2016-02-19 16:03

PadCrypt, a newly discovered piece of ransomware, offers the victims the possibility to chat with the criminals behind the scheme. This ransomware, as many before it, presents the standard...

App vulnerabilities, patching, and ransomware 2016 key security risks: HPE (ZDNet)
2016-02-19 02:39

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...