Security News

New JavaScript Ransomware Sold as a Service (Threatpost)
2016-01-04 16:04

Researchers have uncovered a ransomware-as-a-service operation called Ransom32. The ransomware is believed to be the first written in JavaScript.

Difficult to block JavaScript-based ransomware can hit all operating systems (Help Net Security)
2016-01-04 10:41

A new type of ransomware that still goes undetected by the great majority of AV solutions has been spotted and analyzed by Emsisoft researchers (via Google Translate). Ransom32 is delivered on the ...

9% of all ransomware-infected emails target the UK (Help Net Security)
2015-12-23 07:21

9.1% of all ransomware-infected emails detected by Bitdefender in 2015 have targeted UK users. Furthermore, 54% of all malware files targeting the UK contained some form of ransomware. The ransomwa...