Stories about: Cryptolocker  

No money to be paid for the decryption key thanks to backup files

Cryptolocker file decrypters don't exist, no matter what that email says

The University of Kent has conducted another cyber security study

The company wanted to pay up, but it was already too late

The most important information security stories of 2013

ESET researchers have analyzed the new file-encrypting malware

The tool prevents the malware from contacting its C&C server

The main events of the week between November 18 and November 24, 2013

Bitdefender has released a small tool that prevents the ransomware from encrypting files

They've agreed to pay $750 (€555) to have their files decrypted

The malicious emails purport to come from financial institutions

The Cutwail spam botnet is now being used to distribute the ransomware

Here's what you can do to protect yourself against the threat

In case you change your mind about paying up, it will cost you five times more

The warning most likely refers to the CryptoLocker ransomware

In some cases, the malware has been coupled with ZeuS