- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
R980 Ransomware Uses Disposable Email Addresses to Interact with Victims
There's the danger of losing the decrypter after making payments, since Mailinator regularly deletes inbox emails
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
Smrss32 Ransomware Targets a Whopping 6,674 File Extensions
New Smrss32 ransomware can't decide what files to lock, so it targets everything it can get its hands on
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
Locky Ransomware Uses Vulnerable PHP Forms for Spam Distribution
Updating the vulnerable PHP scripts solves the problem
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 11th, 2016
Shade Ransomware Adds RAT Features to Spy on High-Value Victims
Crooks use RAT to assess the financial status of infected victims and decide on how much money to ask for
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 11th, 2016
This Windows Activation Scam Talks to You So You Won't Forget to Call & Pay
New Windows Activation Screen scam discovered
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 10th, 2016
Ransomware Spam Flood Targeted US Govt. Agencies, Educational Institutions
Crooks delivered hundreds of thousands of spam emails
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 9th, 2016
ElGato Ransomware Targets Androids, Locks SD Card Data and Steals SMS Messages
Ransomware is still under development, no real threat
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 9th, 2016
Hitler Ransomware Infects Everyone, Not Just the Jews
Ransomware is buggy, deletes some user files
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 9th, 2016
How Ironic: FireEye to Cut Staff Because Ransomware Is Hurting Its Business
Ransomware is not as profitable as cyber-espionage
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 8th, 2016
Researchers Infect IoT Thermostat with Ransomware
It was only a proof of concept, no real danger yet
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 7th, 2016
Security Researcher Tricks Tech Support Scammer Into Installing Locky Ransomware
Infosec researcher has fun at a crook's expense
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 6th, 2016
Cerber Ransomware v2 Spotted Online, Is Now Undecryptable
The most active ransomware in the world receives an update
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 6th, 2016
Ransomware Mimics Windows Activation Screen, Uses Poisoned Search Results
Unlock code discovered, users can bypass the scam
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 2nd, 2016
Google SEO Trick Leads Users to Online Scam, CryptMIC Ransomware
Crooks abuse Google's featured snippets listings
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 30th, 2016
Major Cyber-Crime Campaign Switches from CryptXXX to Locky Ransomware
Gang also migrates from Angler EK to Neutrino EK
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 26th, 2016
Crook Leaks Decryption Keys for Rival Chimera Ransomware
Rivalry between crooks benefits innocent users, for once
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 26th, 2016
New Locky Spam Wave Delivers Entire Ransomware Inside JavaScript File
Locky ransomware continues to evolve, gets closer to 100% JS