CryptoWall 4.0 A Stealthier, More Sweet-Talking Ransomware

Less ‘gimme all your money,’ more ‘please buy this software package.’ Sara Peters A sweet-talking, stealthier, new version of the CryptoWall ransomware, CryptoWall 4.0, is in the wild, according to…

Swiss email firm pays web attack ransom

Ransom payment didn’t stop an attack. A secure-email firm, based in Switzerland, has paid a ransom of more than £3,600 after web attacks crippled its website. The hi-tech criminals behind…

Swedbank website down in hacker attack

Incident follows hacking attempt in October. Reporting by Violette Goarant, writing by Daniel Dickson; Editing by Simon Johnson Swedbank’s Swedish website has stopped working after a hacker attack and cannot…