- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 16th, 2018
Stealthy DarkGate Cryptocurrency Mining and Ransomware Evades AV Detection
Human operators also use it for remote control
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 15th, 2018
500 Percent Increase in macOS/iOS Ransomware Attacks During 1H 2018
MSPs report 5+ attacks on their client base on average
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 14th, 2018
1,000 Bitcoins Ransom Asked from Media Prima After Successful Ransomware Attack
Attackers locked Media Prima Berhad's email system
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 8th, 2018
Dharma Ransomware Hits Altus Baytown Hospital's Systems
All data was rescued following an internal investigation
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 7th, 2018
Healthcare Targeted by 37 Percent of All Ransomware Attacks in Q3 2018
SMBs were the ones attacked in 71% of incidents
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 25th, 2018
40K Customers Affected After Jones Eye Clinic and Surgery Center Attack
All data locked by the ransomware was restored from backups
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 25th, 2018
Free GandCrab Ransomware Decryption Tool Released by Bitdefender
The tool can decrypt files locked by GandCrab V1, V4, V5
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 11th, 2018
Cryptojacking Is the Top Cybersecurity Threat For the First Half of 2018
Dethrones ransomware from top dog position
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 1st, 2018
GandCrab Ransomware Spreads Using Multiple Known Vulnerabilities
The malware forces reboot to start encrypting the disk
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- October 1st, 2018
Microsoft Begins Pushing Harder for Ransomware Protection in Windows 10
Security alerts displayed on Windows 10 version 1809 systems
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 21st, 2018
US Under Attack from Virobot Ransomware with Botnet and Keylogger Traits
Spreads via Microsoft Outlook spam e-mails
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 17th, 2018
Bristol Airport Flight Info Screens Taken Offline by Ransomware Attack
Whiteboards instead of digital arrival and departure boards
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 17th, 2018
Researchers Found New Worm with Botnet, Ransomware, and Coinmining Abilities
New malware family targets both Linux and Windows
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 11th, 2018
Windows Under Attack as NSA Exploit Usage Skyrockets
EternalBlue-based attacks growing, security firm says
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 16th, 2018
Microsoft Engineer Accused of Money Laundering Related to Reveton Ransomware
Employee pleads not guilty, free on $100,000 bond
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 6th, 2018
Microsoft Announces Ransomware Protection for Personal Cloud Accounts
Files Restore available for personal OneDrive accounts
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 16th, 2018
Microsoft to Offer File Recovery from the Cloud with New OneDrive Feature
OneDrive to be updated with Files Restore feature