Airport officials refused to pay the ransom and opted to manual re-establishment of all affected systems The flight information screens at Bristol Airport (UK) suffered a blackout last weekend. AccordingRead More →
Factories crippled after WannaCry variant infected Windows 7 devices without protection Enterprise network security specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), theRead More →
This is a reflection exercise on the possible evolution of one of the most common information threats nowadays. Are ransomware threats the big deal that media claim? Ransomware is a malwareRead More →
Pentest specialists discovered a malware piece that infects systems with ransomware cryptocurrency mining programs, depending on equipment specifications and configuration, to decide which of the two attacks could be more profitable.Read More →
The Process Doppelgänging technique was first presented in December 2017 at the BlackHat conference. Since the presentation several threat actors have started using this sophisticated technique in an attempt to bypass modernRead More →
Information security experts at CSE CybSec ZLab malware Lab have conducted an analysis of the principal Ransomware-as-a-Service platforms available on the dark web. Whit the pass of time, the diffusionRead More →
The authors of the XiaoBa ransomware have retooled their malware’s code into a cryptocurrency miner (coinminer). According to information security experts, despite not encrypting files anymore, the XiaoBa coinminer stillRead More →
This article, it’s an insight into the ransomware business and how it operates, with data gathered over a period of two years. Moreover, since ransomware largely transacts using Bitcoin, theRead More →
The njRAT, also famed as Bladabindi, has been upgraded to push Lime Ransomware and a Bitcoin wallet stealer. According to a Zscaler blog post, this trojan was first spotted inRead More →
Researchers found they were able to infect robots with ransomware; in the real world such attacks could be highly damaging to businesses if robotic security isn’t addressed. According to information securityRead More →
Ransomware is one of the most important threats facing Internet users. Its rate alerts much to both companies and users. Hackers take advantage of the most popular sectors and whereRead More →
SamSam ransomware in January infected vulnerable networks in hospitals, city councils, educational facilities and transportation systems. Now SamSam ransomware is back and the Colorado Department of Transportation is its mostRead More →
A team of cyber security researchers has detected a new ransomware that has been named Saturn. It differs from other pieces of malware, since any user can become a distributor in aRead More →
Late last week saw the appearance of a new ransomware called GandCrab. Surprisingly, it is distributed via two exploit kits: RIG EK and GrandSoft EK. Why is this surprising? OtherRead More →
KnowBe4’s Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick called me with some chilling news. A white hat hacker friend of his developed a working “ransomcloud” strain, which encrypts cloud email accounts like Office 365 inRead More →
Charges filed against pair coincide with arrests abroad. Two of the five unnamed individuals cuffed this month in Romania on suspicion of spreading ransomware face US computer crime charges – for theirRead More →
During the last week, Romanian authorities have arrested three individuals who are suspected of infecting computer systems by spreading the CTB-Locker (Curve-Tor-Bitcoin Locker) malware – a form of file-encrypting ransomware.Read More →
Ransomware attacks can cripple a business, leading to a rather sad trend in the industry.British companies are hoarding Bitcoin in order to pay off ransomware attacks capable of disrupting criticalRead More →
Another wiper malware posing as a ransomware is targeting German businesses under the guise of fake job applicants inquiring about openings. Ordinypt was discovered by ID-Ransomware coder Michael Gillespie when one of the malware’s ransom notesRead More →
For several months Cybereason has been following the concerning rise of ONI, a family of ransomware involved in targeted attacks against Japanese companies. We suspect that the ONI ransomware wasRead More →
