Researchers Observe SVG Files Being Used To Distribute Ransomware

May 23, 2015 8:04:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers with AppRiver have observed attackers sending out phishing emails with SVG files attached – these files, when downloaded and executed, open up websites that download what ...

Heads-up: 'Breaking Bad' Ransomware Beta Tested Down Under

May 16, 2015 5:57:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

You can expect ransomware in America in the next few weeks which has a Breaking Bad theme. Take this a bit further and we can expect ransomware with Halloween themes later this year. ...

Credit Union Times: Ransomware, WordPress Threats Grow

May 10, 2015 10:48:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

At 27%, banks and credit unions are the largest segment of KnowBe4's customers, obviously because they are the bad guys' #1 target. Thing is, banks and credit unions found us, we did not ...

New Multi-Language Ransomware Crypt0l0cker

Apr 29, 2015 12:23:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware is being localized for large Asian countries now. There is an ongoing attack targeting Korea, followed by Malaysia and then Japan. If you have business partners or subsidiaries ...

Ransomware Mafia Now Uses Bitcoin As Obfuscation Layer

Apr 26, 2015 1:09:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Bitcoin is a very speculative currency, still relatively easy to manipulate compared to the major currencies, and subject to massive increases and drops in value. Currently the falling ...

Scam Of The Week: IRS Refund Ransomware

Apr 19, 2015 12:44:44 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Many of us waited till the last moment before the April 15 tax deadline and are now holding our collective breath in expectation of that possibly rewarding refund. The problem is that ...

New TeslaCrypt Ransomware Uses More Exploit Kits As Infection Vector

Apr 17, 2015 2:07:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The new Internet Security Threat report from Symantec shows that the growth of file-encrypting ransomware expanded from 8,274 in 2013 to 373,342 in 2014. This is 45 times more ...

Ransomware Infects 30-PC network of health care company

Apr 13, 2015 5:08:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2015 photo, Jeff Salter, CEO of Caring Senior Service, poses for a photo in his company office building in San Antonio. Last December, the network of nearly 30 ...

Wall Street Journal Video About Ransomware and Botnets

Apr 13, 2015 2:56:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wall Street Journal Video About Ransomware and Botnets The WSJ asked itself: Who Will Cybercriminals Target Next? (click on the picture to see the video at the WSJ website). ...

New Ransomware CrypVault Makes Files Look Like They Are Quarantined

Apr 8, 2015 11:38:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New Ransomware CrypVault Evades AV With Simple Batch Scripts A new ransomware strain dubbed CRYPVAULT by Trend Micro is being spread as an email attachment. It's currently focusing on ...

Police Pay Ransom After Ransomware Phishing Attack

Apr 6, 2015 11:09:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TEWKSBURY – Last December Tewksbury Police confronted a new, and growing, frontier in cyberterrorism when the CryptoLocker ransomware virus infected the department’s network, encrypting ...

ALERT: New Ransomware Spearphish Uses One-Click Dropbox Attack

Mar 30, 2015 8:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The cyber-mafia is stepping up the pressure. As you know, there are several competing gangs that are furiously innovating in an attempt to grab as much money as possible. Call it a ...

Security experts say law firms are perfect targets for hackers

Mar 19, 2015 4:38:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Susan Hansen at Bloomberg business reported that cyber attacks upend the attorney-client privilege.

Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do?

Mar 17, 2015 5:23:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ask security experts what to do when hit with ransomware -- the sophisticated malware that infects a device or network, uses military-grade encryption to restrict access, and demands ...

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #11 Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do?

Mar 17, 2015 9:26:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do? Ask security experts what to do when hit with ransomware -- the sophisticated malware that infects a device or network, uses military-grade ...

New Ransomware CryptoFortress Encrypts Unmapped Network Shares

Mar 7, 2015 11:32:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Used to be that ransomware only looked at hard drive C:, and then any other mapped drives like D:, E:, F: etc., but now a whole new malicious strain that has stolen the same look & ...

New CryptoWall Attack Uses Malicious Help File Attachments

Mar 6, 2015 2:42:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new CryptoWall attack wave has hit end-users with phishing emails containing malicious .chm attachments that infect networks with the latest and most sophisticated file-encrypting ...

Anatomy of a ransomware attack [Infographic]

Mar 4, 2015 11:21:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

How does ransomware actually work? Ransomware attacks cause downtime, data loss, possible intellectual property theft, and in certain industries a ransomware attack is considered a data ...

Ransomware We Have Not Seen The Worst Yet

Feb 11, 2015 4:11:58 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The massive success of CryptoLocker starting September 2013 has spawned a number of rapidly growing ransomware families. More recent versions of this malware have learned a number of ...

Brand new ransomware strain encrypts files from memory

Feb 6, 2015 2:37:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security researchers at venture-backed Fairfax, Virginia-based Invincea have discovered a new Russian ransomware strain they called "Fessleak" which delivers its malicious code straight ...

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