A lot has been said about the ransomware epidemic. The number of infections worldwide increases daily, as well as the number of different variants. Check Point researchers have been analyzingRead More →
Tool only drops malware after painstakingly dismantling AV and other defenses. A campaign that targeted a European energy company wielded malware that’s so sneaky and advanced it almost certainly is theRead More →
Tagged as “Ranscam”, Powershell and script-based malware is a botched smash-and-grab. There has been a lot of ingenuity poured into creating crypto-ransomware, the money-making malware that has become the scourge ofRead More →
Malware developers are fast learners. They adapt to new security measures in record time and find new ways to evade detection or at least stay hidden long enough to completeRead More →
A new ransomware called CTB-Faker was discovered that pretends to be the CTB-Locker ransomware. It is a poor imitator, though, as instead of encrypting a victim’s files, it will move themRead More →
We should always think twice before running an unknown program downloaded from the Internet. Of course not every application is dangerous, but it’s all too easy to find a maliciousRead More →
Nintendo’s new location-based augmented reality game ‘Pokémon GO’ is hot right now. Like really, really popular—so much so that players are spoofing their phone’s location using VPNs in their questRead More →
Decrypter works with older Jigsaw versions as well. Security researchers from Check Point announced over the weekend that they identified a way to decrypt files locked by the Jigsaw ransomware, bothRead More →
Almost 1.7 million users affected by latest breaches. A hacker who goes by the name of uid0 claims to have breached three websites belonging to Penton Technology: Hot Scripts, Mac Forums,Read More →
A new version of the CryptXXX Ransomware was discovered by Brad Duncan that includes changes to encrypted file names, uses modified ransom note names, a new template, and a new TOR paymentRead More →
