- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 5th, 2016
TorrentLocker Ransomware Still Around, Uses Tor to Hide Backup C&C Servers
Two years later, TorrentLocker is still going strong
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 19th, 2015
CryptoWall and CryptoLocker Ransomware Campaigns Intensify, Just in Time for Christmas
Avoid spam emails if you want to have a merry Christmas
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 13th, 2015
FAKBEN Team Offers Custom-Built Ransomware for a 10 Percent Fee
Any dummy can now rent their own ransomware package
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 23rd, 2015
Danish Post Office Now Delivers Ransomware, Sort Of
Danish users face the risk of being infected with Cryptolocker ransomware if clicking on fake Danish post office emails
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 19th, 2015
Italy and Spain Targeted with Ransomware
Traffic coming from other countries is redirected to Google
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 12th, 2015
Crypto-Malware Author Picks Breaking Bad Theme for Ransom Message
Data with popular file extensions is held hostage
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 13th, 2015
TeslaCrypt Ransomware Encrypts Files of over 20 Games
Over 50 out of 185 targeted file extensions are game-related
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 20th, 2014
CryptoLocker Copycat Hits Australians via Emails
Ransomware has poor detection rate on Virus Total
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 17th, 2014
CryptoLocker Variant Has Been Created Specifically to Target Japanese Users
Compromised websites is the main distribution method
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 30th, 2014
Crypto-Malware Is Particularly Frequent in Australia
Social engineering used to lure potential victims
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 29th, 2014
CryptoWall Infects 625,000 Systems in About Six Months
Cybercriminals make more than $1.1 million / €835,000 during this time
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 28th, 2014
Data Backup Foils Crypto-Malware Ransom Plans
IT company restores business due to availability of safe copies
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 18th, 2014
New TorrentLocker Ransomware Uses CryptoLocker and CryptoWall Components
False lead created by using ransom pages from other crypto-malware
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 6th, 2014
CryptoLocker Decrypting Service Available Free of Charge
The service may not work with all variants of the malware
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 21st, 2014
CryptoLocker Is Still a Threat
Researchers find plenty more variants of the crypto-malware
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 19th, 2014
Critroni Ransomware Communicates Through Tor Anonymity Network
The new cryptomalware is available for purchase for $3,000 / €2,220
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 21st, 2014
CryptoLocker Variant Found with Weak Encryption
Victim receives ransom instructions on Tor network