ransomware

Palo Alto researchers have discovered the first fully functional ransomware aimed at Mac users. The malware, dubbed KeRanger, has been found on Friday (March 4), bundled into …

A new crypto ransomware, dubbed Cerber by its creators, has recently started targeting Windows users. The malware is relatively new, and its delivery method is still unknown, …

Symantec researchers have spotted an unusual ransomware delivery campaign hitting mostly UK and US users: fake emails apparently coming from Visa are urging recipients to …

The well-known crypto ransomware CTB Locker is back. After a considerable slowdown in distribution, it is being pushed onto users again, and this time its executable has been …

At least three hospitals in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have been hit with crypto ransomware. One is Lukas Krankenhaus (Lukas Hospital) in Neuss, the second one …

Why stop at asking ransom for encrypted files when you can also steal personal info, passwords, online banking credentials and credit card details, and then sell it or use it …

PadCrypt, a newly discovered piece of ransomware, offers the victims the possibility to chat with the criminals behind the scheme. This ransomware, as many before it, presents …

The Hollywood hospital whose systems have been infected with ransomware has paid $17,000 to get the decryption key from the criminals, and is operating normally once again. …

Last October’s disruption of the Dridex botnet by UK and US law enforcement agencies and the arrest of a Moldovan bot master have not lead to the death of the botnet. …

The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, an “acute-care facility” located in Los Angeles, has had its computer systems compromised by hackers. The attackers are …

A new type of ransomware that still goes undetected by the great majority of AV solutions has been spotted and analyzed by Emsisoft researchers (via Google Translate). …

9.1% of all ransomware-infected emails detected by Bitdefender in 2015 have targeted UK users. Furthermore, 54% of all malware files targeting the UK contained some form of …