Shadow Brokers Offer New SaaS 0-Day Threat Subscription Model

May 16, 2017 4:13:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The mysterious Shadow Brokers – the hackers who leaked the NSA SMB zero-day exploit that powered WanaCry into the world's worst ransomworm – are back, and could cause even more damage. In ...

Are The North Koreans Behind WanaCry Ransomware?

May 16, 2017 6:00:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A North Korean hacking group is suspected to be behind WanaCry. Symantec and Kaspersky malware labs are investigating technical evidence that possibly suggests the North’s involvement, ...

Telefonica Victim Of $600,000 Bitcoin Ransomware Attack

May 12, 2017 4:51:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica was confronted with 85 percent of their systems shut down after ransomware criminals infiltrated its systems demanding $550,000 in Bitcoin. Telefonica is ...

WannaCry Ransomware Attack Uses NSA 0-Day Exploits To Go On Worldwide Rampage

May 12, 2017 2:21:44 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware Scum Decide What You Have To Pay By Reading The Economist

May 5, 2017 5:46:16 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Russian organized cybercrime now has a surprising method of determining how much to ask for – the Big Mac index from The Economist. Security firm Recorded Future blogged that in March, a ...

Ransomware Causes 90-day Downtime And 700K Damages For Law Firm

May 3, 2017 7:33:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Cybercriminals held a Providence law firm hostage for months by encrypting its files and demanding $25,000 in ransom paid in Bitcoin to restore access, according to a ...

America Ponies Up: Ransomware Payments Rise To $1,077 Per Infection

Apr 29, 2017 9:54:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

America was the victim of 34 percent of global ransomware infections in 2016. The "why" is clear; a whopping 64 percent of Americans are willing to pay to get their files back, as opposed ...

100+ Free Ransomware Decryption Tools

Apr 28, 2017 2:16:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The threat of ransomware has never been more real. In fact, 2016 was a record year. Here are some scary statistics from the past year put together by the folks at Barkly: Nearly 50 ...

Newark City Hall Computers Infected With Ransomware

Apr 25, 2017 11:45:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — . The City of Newark’s computer system has been disabled by hackers demanding thousands in ransom money, according to a published report. Hackers are demanding ...

And Just When You Thought Locky Ransomware Had Disappeared...

Apr 22, 2017 9:47:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Locky ransomware reappeared with a vengeance Friday, this time not using Office documents combined with social engineering to have the user enable macros, but with a PDF that has a Word ...

Why Cerber Is The New King Of Ransomware

Apr 15, 2017 11:23:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

During 2016, ransomware exploded. It clearly became the biggest menace on the net, using phishing as it's No.1 infection vector. Hundreds of ransomware strains competed for market ...

New Cerber Ransomware Starts Evading Machine Learning

Apr 2, 2017 7:59:56 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new version of the Cerber ransomware family has adopted new techniques to make itself harder to detect by endpoint security software that uses machine learning for detection. It is now ...

Gigabyte Firmware Flaws Allow the Installation of Ransomware

Apr 1, 2017 3:12:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Now, here is an interesting one. Gigabyte BRIX are very small computers, similar to Intel NUCs, that can be used to replace those bulky desktop towers. I am using Intel NUCs myself at the ...

Samas Ransomware Deletes Veeam Backups, And Maybe Yours Too...

Apr 1, 2017 10:15:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This month, a user on the Atlanta-based 500 million-dollar backup company Veeam community forums reported that they were hit with Samas ransomware. I am giving you the short version here: ...

Ransomware Is Skyrocketing, But Where Are All The Breach Reports?

Mar 25, 2017 3:58:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

More than 4,000 ransomware attacks occur daily and healthcare is the largest target. However, despite disclosure requirements and the risk of late or no HIPAA notification at all, breach ...

Petya MFT Ransomware Returns, Wrapped In Extra Nastiness

Mar 16, 2017 7:33:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kasperky researchers discovered a new variant of last year's Petya Master File Table (MFT) ransomware, with "new and improved" crypto and ransomware models. Remember, MFT ransomware only ...

Heads-Up. New Ransomware phishing scheme lets wannabe cybercrims get in for free...

Mar 9, 2017 5:21:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Danny Palmer at ZDNet reported on a new scheme for aspiring cyber criminals that lets them into the ransomware racket for free, but at a steep 50/50 split with the people that provide ...

[ALERT] New Massive Wave Of CryptoLocker Ransomware Infections

Mar 5, 2017 10:56:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We all thought that evil genius Evgeniy Bogachev had retired at the Black Sea with his tens of millions of ill-gotten gains after he became the FBI's #1 Most Wanted cybercriminal. Well, ...

Ransomware for Dummies: Anyone Can Do It

Mar 2, 2017 7:41:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Brian Krebs just wrote: "A big reason for the steep increase in ransomware attacks in recent years comes from the proliferation of point-and-click tools sold in the cybercrime underground ...

Report: 85% of Ransomware Victims Get Taken Offline For A Week or More [INFOGRAPHIC]

Feb 28, 2017 11:25:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New research reveals that the majority of ransomware victims (85 percent) had their systems taken offline for at least a week, costing businesses thousands in financial damage each day.

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