Keeping you updated on the latest ransomware attack vectors, strains, decryptors, families and trends to help you avoid becoming infected.
#1 OphionLocker The first one is a new strain of ransomware named OphionLocker. It encrypts your data using strong open source Crypto++ Elliptical Curve Cryptography and then ransoms the ...
MalwareBytes Research showed that in the year 2014, 82% of companies were attacked online. Their research also showed that browser vulnerabilities will be the biggest challenge going ...
Aarti Shahani, the tech reporter of National Public Radio created a compelling story about the scourge of ransomware that is taking over America. The title of the story is:
Wayne Rash at eWeek picked up on the virRansom news and explained to his readers that this is a nasty new hybrid ransomware strain that needs to be protected against rather sooner than ...
Here is a powerful piece of ammo to get (more) IT Security budget.
It's been more than a year since the first vicious ransomware stuck up its ugly head.
The poll was conducted by Spiceworks Voice of IT on behalf of CloudEntr in September. The study collected 438 surveys from IT professionals at companies with 20 to 499 employees in ...
Android phones have by far the largest market share, and thus are mobile malware target #1. There is now a new variant of the Koler malware that spreads itself via text messages and holds ...
The phones have been ringing off the hook here at KnowBe4. Not customers of ours but people that were hit with CryptoWall V2.0, needed bitcoin urgently, did a websearch and wound up with ...
I wanted to share a horror story with you, something that happened to somebody the day before yesterday. This is what happened in their own words:
We all know that a large amount of cybercrime originates in Russia and other eastern European countries that were former USSR states. But why is that? I decided to dig into this and did ...
A new version of the world's most widespread ransomware CryptoWall has migrated to the TOR network. It has been upgraded to version 2.0, and continues to encrypt files so that ransom can ...
The rise in eLearning’s popularity isn’t showing any signs of slowing. In fact, judging by the following Top 10 eLearning statistics for 2014, the future of the eLearning Industry is ...
Researchers in Russia discovered a new Android ransomware strain which does not lock the device just once but twice. It spreads by using a social engineering trick, disguising itself as a ...
Very interesting data from Symantec. This is fresh from the press and shows Phishing, Spam and Malware trends. There is a PDF with a whole bunch more data, but these are the most relevant ...
Panda researcher BartBlaze discovered a new strain of ransomware called CryptoGraphic Locker. Bleepingcomputer wrote: "Just like other encrypting ransomware, this infection will scan your ...
Malware comes in waves. CryptoLocker was the first major, vicious ransomware, and set off a bunch of copycats. Recently 16 competing ransomware gangs were identified. After CryptoLocker ...
The Proofpoint Threatinsight blog reported on something curious. They called their posting "Curiosity Clicks: Using Bitcoin’s hype for phishing fun" and came up with some interesting ...
August 22, 2014 - Nicole Perlroth at the New York Times wrote: "You are guilty of child porn, child abuse, zoophilia or sending out bulk spam. You are a criminal. The Federal Bureau of ...
