CryptoLocker

Ransomware Promises Donation To Children’s Charity

How low can they go? New ransomware scam promises kid charity donation AND tech support for three years

9 years ago

New Tool Aims To Decrypt Files Lost To Cryptolocker

DecryptCryptoLocker neutralises the original 'ransomware' strain, but its derivatives still pose danger

10 years ago

A 2 Week Deadline To Clean Zeus And Cryptolocker. Really?

Police say sers have two weeks to rid their machines of Cryptolocker and Zeus Gameover. That means the crooks are…

10 years ago

Global Police Disrupt Cryptolocker, Finger Alleged Mastermind

US police say they have the man behind Cryptolocker and GameOver Zeus. Victims have two weeks to clean their machines

10 years ago

2013 Saw 500 Percent Increase In Ransomware

European Cyber Crime Centre says it is tracking a number of strains as Symantec spies uptick in the malware

11 years ago

CryptoLocker Copycat CryptoDefence Has Fatal Flaw

The developers of the latest ransomware, CryptoDefence, made one major mistake - they left the decryption keys on the infected…

11 years ago

Cryptolocker Variant Automatically Infects USB Drives

A newly discovered variant of the file-encrypting Cryptolocker ransomware automatically propagates via USB storage, according to researchers

11 years ago

Researchers: Cryptolocker ‘Took In Millions Of Pounds’

Dell Secureworks has estimated that the Cryptolocker botnet infected at least 200,000 systems in its first 100 days and is…

11 years ago

CryptoLocker Cuts Ransom As Bitcoin Price Goes Up

Malware creating scumbags tweak the algorithm to keep the fee affordable

11 years ago