- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- June 20th, 2017
Web Hosting Company Pays $1 Million to Hackers Following Ransomware Infection
Ransomware infected a total of their 153 Linux servers
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- June 16th, 2017
University College London Suffers Major Ransomware Attack
Antivirus systems failed to detect the infection, they say
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 13th, 2017
Mac Users Targeted by Ransomware-as-a-Service Schemes
Somewhat protected until now, hackers are expanding to Mac
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- June 13th, 2017
Microsoft to Protect Windows 10 Users Against Cyberattacks with New AI Tech
Redmond buys Boston-based company Hexadite
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 9th, 2017
Hovering Over a Link in Malicious PowerPoint Can Infect You with Banking Trojan
Mix in a little social engineering and you can say goodbye to your banking data and who knows what else
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 9th, 2017
New Android Ransomware Tricks Victims into Thinking It's WannaCry
Dubbed WannaLocker, the ransomware encrypts all files stored on the external memory drive, avoiding OS files
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- June 2nd, 2017
The WannaCry Effect: Users Abandon Windows XP En-Masse
Stats show the market share of Windows XP is declining fast
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 31st, 2017
Windows XP Barely Affected by WannaCry As Infections Failed with BSODs
Research finds Windows XP was hard to infect with WannaCry
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 30th, 2017
Avast Releases AES_NI Ransomware Decrytor After Author Dumps Master Keys
Victims can now decrypt files without paying ransom
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 29th, 2017
Users Still Love Microsoft Despite WannaCry Attacks
Survey shows Microsoft is still a strong brand
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 24th, 2017
Fake WannaCry Protection Apps Fill Google Play
Despite WannaCry being a Windows ransomware, there are plenty of Android apps promising protection from it
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 23rd, 2017
WannaCry: 386 Ransomware Samples Discovered
Security researchers discovered just how many WannaCry samples are out there, trying to get your computer infected
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 22nd, 2017
WannaCry Ransom Doubles, but Few Pay Up
The attackers surely didn't get as rich as they were hoping
- Windows Software
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 22nd, 2017
ESET Releases Tool to Check If Windows Is Vulnerable to WannaCry
EternalBlue Vulnerability Checker available for download
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 22nd, 2017
Windows Defender Not Enough to Block WannaCry on Windows 7
Update your systems and you should be fine
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 21st, 2017
Windows XP Survived the WannaCry Fiasco Unexpectedly Well
Stats show Windows XP wasn’t the biggest victim of WannaCry
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 20th, 2017
Windows 7 Users Hit the Hardest by WannaCry Ransomware
Around 98 percent of infected systems were running Windows 7