Security News

New CryptoLocker ransomware targets gamers (ZDNet)

2015-03-13 11:37

New crypto-ransomware encrypts video games files (Help Net Security)

2015-03-12 14:42

A new piece of ransomware that (mis)uses the Cryptolocker "brand" has been analyzed by Bromium researchers, and they discovered that aside from the usual assortment of file types that ransomware usual...

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Cyber crooks take advantage of ad bidding networks to deliver ransomware (Help Net Security)

2015-03-12 10:29

Malware peddlers are taking advantage of real time advertising bidding networks to deliver ransomware to unsuspecting users, FireEye researchers are warning. "Real Time Bidding is an ad sale and de...

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Ad bidding network caught slinging ransomware (The Register)

2015-03-11 08:37

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Active campaigns deliver old and new ransomware families (Help Net Security)

2015-03-10 08:13

Cyber crooks' love for ransomware continues unabated, and user are warned about several active campaigns trying to deliver the malware on target computers. The campaigns have been set up to distrib...

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