- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 26th, 2016
SentinelOne Says It Will Pay the Ransom If Users Get Infected With Ransomware
Company launches Ransomware Cyber Guarantee warranty
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25th, 2016
One Crook May Be Behind Jigsaw, Ranscam, and AnonPop Ransomware
Cisco discovers ties between all operations
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25th, 2016
Europol, Kaspersky, Intel Get Together to Create Anti-Ransomware Portal
Authorities, security firms launch No More Ransom service
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24th, 2016
CTB-Faker Ransomware Uses WinRAR to Lock Data in Password-Protected ZIP Files
Victims can recover files under certain conditions
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24th, 2016
Stampado Ransomware Stomped Out Before It Could Do Any Real Damage
Emsisoft researcher puts out free decrypter that can unlock files encrypted by the Stampado ransomware
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 22nd, 2016
CrypMIC Ransomware Is Nothing More than a Lame CryptXXX Clone
CryptMIC is the most accurate CryptXXX clone to date
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 21st, 2016
Decrypter for PowerWare Ransomware Available for Download
Latest PowerWare versions try to pass as Locky infections
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 20th, 2016
New Python-Based Ransomware HolyCrypt Preparing for Broader Distribution
HolyCrypt is in its testing phase, needs a lot of work
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
cuteRansomware Uses Google Docs as C&C Server
Ransomware only targets Chinese users for now
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
CryptXXX Devs Provide Free Decryption Keys for Some Ransomware Versions
Now's your chance to recover files locked by CryptXXX
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
Microsoft Discovers New Version of Troldesh Ransomware
Troldesh now uses a Tor-based payment portal
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
Russian Devs Behind New WildFire Ransomware
WildFire ransomware wave currently hitting the Netherlands
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
Huge Spam Wave Drops Locky Variant That Can Work Without an Internet Connection
New Locky variant uses a weaker encryption method
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 13th, 2016
Ransomware Permanently Deletes Your Files Then Has the Nerve to Ask for Money
Don't pay Ranscam's ransom demand to recover your files because you're just throwing money out the window
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 13th, 2016
New Stampado Ransomware Advertised on the Dark Web for Only $39
No infections detected in the wild until now
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 12th, 2016
Microsoft: Cerber Ransomware Infections Have Dominated Last 30 Days
CryptXXX and Locky come second and third
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 11th, 2016
CryptoDrop Gives Users Hope to Prevent Ransomware Infections in the Future
CryptoDrop can detect and stop ransomware infections after these threats encrypt around 10 files on the user's PC