Security News

Chimera Ransomware Promises to Publish Encrypted Data Online (Threatpost)
2015-11-06 13:44

The Chimera ransomware targets companies in Germany with a promise to publish victims' encrypted data online if a $700 ransom is not paid.

Crypto-ransomware encrypts files "offline" (Help Net Security)
2015-11-05 10:17

Ransomware comes in various forms, and not all ransomware encrypts files - some just block computers until the ransom is paid. When the file encryption feature is included, the encryption key is usual...

Chimera crypto-ransomware is hitting German companies (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 07:59

A new piece of crypto-ransomware is targeting German companies: it's called Chimera, and the criminals behind the scheme are threatening to release sensitive corporate data on the Internet if the targ...

CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware victims don't need to pay the ransom (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 07:00

Kaspersky Lab has added an additional 14,031 decryption keys to their free repository, enabling all those who have fallen victim to CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware to retrieve their encrypted data...