Despite being an expanding threat, ransomware infections are rarely reported to law enforcement agencies, according to conclusions from the 2016 Internet Crime Report, released yesterday by the FBI’s Internet CrimeRead More →
Hackers can exploit electronic cigarettes and any other electronic device to deliver a malware in a poorly protected network. In November 2014, in a discussion started on the Reddit newsRead More →
I was told by Emsisoft security researcher xXToffeeXx about a new ransomware called TeslaWare that is being promoted on a black hat criminal site. After a quick search, I was able toRead More →
Malware authors are using an NSA hacking tool to infect Windows computers with a new cryptocurrency miner. Detected under the generic name of Trojan.BtcMine.1259, this trojan was first spotted lastRead More →
Almost 100 such apps, with >1 million downloads, found so far (but not by Google). For the second time this month, Google has removed Android apps from its Google PlayRead More →
McAfee Labs report says 244 new threats are detected every minute – and that Android is the target in a boom in ransomware attacks. The number of different families ofRead More →
Nayana, a web hosting provider based in South Korea, announced it is in the process of paying a three-tier ransom demand of nearly $1 million worth of Bitcoin, following aRead More →
A recent surge in Android banking malware can be traced back to December 2016, when a malware coder under the name of Maza-in uploaded a tutorial on how to buildRead More →
Each day, countless of security researchers are fighting the good fight in an effort to help companies remove malware from infected computers and servers. These researchers have to go throughRead More →
SECURITY RESEARCHERS have uncovered Industroyer and have labelled it as the biggest threat to critical infrastructure since Stuxnet. Stuxnet was the malicious warm responsible for causing substantial damage to Iran’s nuclear programmeRead More →
