Security News

Week in review: Shadow IT, crypto-ransomware goes after gamers, and the security of smartwatches (Help Net Security)
2015-03-16 05:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Hack yourself first: How we can take the fight to the black hats Threats are no longer posed solely by those countri...

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...

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...