Security News

Dutch Police Arrest Alleged CoinVault Ransomware Authors (Threatpost)
2015-09-17 13:13

Ransomware has emerged as major threat to consumers and businesses in recent years, and law enforcement agencies and security researchers have taken note. Authorities last year disrupted the...

Week in review: Android ransomware multiplies, FireEye censors researcher (Help Net Security)
2015-09-14 06:27

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Hacker had access to sensitive info about Firefox bugs for over a year Mozilla has announced that an attacker manage...

PIN-changing, screen-locking Android ransomware (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 13:28

A sophisticated new piece of ransomware targeting Android users and locking them out of their devices by changing the PIN has been discovered by ESET researchers. Masquerading as an app for viewing...

Android ransomware masquerades as Adult Player app, takes photo of victim (Help Net Security)
2015-09-08 09:37

A new mobile ransomware variant uses a clever new technique to push affected users to pay the asked-for ransom: it takes a photo of the user with the phone's front-facing camera, and inserts that phot...