ransomware

Talking Android Ransomware Plagues Chinese Users

The malware also attempts to steal user credentials for the Chinese social network QQ

8 years ago

New Ransomware Campaign Targets The Apple Mac

Mac attack. New ransomware campaign targets Apple Mac users seeking to pirate popular software

8 years ago

Android Ransomware App Highlights Google Porn Ban Problem

Now that's not nice. Virus seduces Android users into downloading fake Pornhub app and then demands ransom

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Cyber Security In 2017

Hackers, ransomware, and malicious code do not seem to be going anywhere in 2017

8 years ago

Ransomware Used to Seize Control Of Simulated Water Plant

Georgia Tech researchers have created ransomware that can attack critical infrastructure

8 years ago

Ransomware Attack Tongue-Ties Licking County Comms And Computers

Sucks to be Licking County right now after major systems shutdown

8 years ago

A Third Of NHS Trusts Targeted By Ransomware Attacks

FOI report further highlights the prevalence of ransomware targeting the healthcare sector

8 years ago

Europe Is The Most ‘Malware Riddled Continent’

Cisco also finds that malware attacks come with costly consequences for targeted businesses

8 years ago

Ransomware Disables Washington DC Police Cameras

The attack on city surveillance cameras occurred eight days before the presidential inauguration

8 years ago

Ransomware Seizes Control Of Electronic Lock System In Austrian Hotel

The cyber attack highlights how digital malware can make its presence known in the physical world

8 years ago

Charger Ransomware Found On Google Play Store

Android security woes continue. New ransomware found on Google Play store by Check Point researchers

8 years ago

Nearly One Third Of NHS Trusts Hit By Ransomware Attacks

Of the 94 NHS Trusts that responded, none admitted to paying a ransom

8 years ago

Patient Data At Risk As Cyber Attack Hits Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health, which operates five London hospitals, said ransomware was not behind the disruption

8 years ago

MongoDB Ransomware Extortionists Now Target ElasticSearch Servers

Shifting battleground. Damaging ransomware campaign against MongoDB opens new front against ElasticSearch

8 years ago

27,000 MongoDB Databases Suffer Ransomware Attack

Widespead ransomware attack now impacts over 27,000 MongoDB databases, according to researchers

8 years ago

KillDisk Malware Targets Linux With £160,000 Ransom Demand

Researchers warn that paying up probably won't help you get your files back

8 years ago

Bitcoin Crypto-Currency Value Rising In 2017 As Demand Grows

Market stability and political uncertainty have helped to push Bitcoin's value past $1,000 mark

8 years ago

11 Stories And Trends That Dominated Tech In 2016

Time to take a look back at what has been an extremely interesting 2016...

8 years ago

IBM Security Reveals 70 Percent Of Businesses Pay Up To Ransomware

A quarter of business executives would be willing to pay up to $50,000 (£40,000) to get their data back

8 years ago

Ransomware Offers Incentives To Infect Others With Malware

The malware offers a free decryption key if the victim forces to others to pay up

8 years ago

Ransomware Attacks Show Threefold Increase In 2016

Ransomware attacks developed significantly in 2016, both in prevalence and sophistication, making it the threat of the year for businesses…

8 years ago

San Francisco Public Transport Hit By Ransomware Attack

Passengers ride for free after ransomware shuts down Muni staff computers in San Francisco

8 years ago

What Makes Ransomware the Worst Type of Malware

In a SecTor keynote, F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen explains why ransomware is so bad and what the Russians really have in…

8 years ago

London City Bankers Under Fire From Ransomware Cyber Attacks

The City experiences more ransomware attacks than the rest of the UK combined

8 years ago

NHS Hit By ‘Dozens’ Of Ransomware Attacks

At least 28 NHS trusts in England have been affected by ransomware in the past year, researchers find

8 years ago

MarsJoke Ransomware Targets US Government And Education Institutions

Cyber criminals are using the Kelihos botnet to extort Bitcoin payments out of the ransomware's victims

8 years ago

FBI: Ransomware Targeting Business Servers

Ransomware attacks have quadrupled in frequency since last year, US officials say

8 years ago

Ransomware Forces Hospitals To Payout $100,000 To Cyber Criminals

Intel Security cyber threat data idetifies the legacy IT of hospital as vulnerable to hackers

8 years ago