Program takes a 10 percent cut of the ransom payment. By Steve Ragan A new service launched this week is offering a new Ransomware product under the name CryptoLocker to…
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NCA and Cert-UK call on more firms to share cyber-threat data
As statistics suggest 30,000 attacks may have been thwarted by a cyber threat data-sharing scheme, operators NCA and Cert-UK call for more to get involved. Caroline Donnelly The National Crime…
InstaAgent's creator apologises after Apple and Google ban
One expert said sending the passwords to an unknown server was still “highly unorthodox”. By Leo Kelion The creator of an app that posted spam to peoples’ Instagram accounts has…
InstaAgent's creator apologises after Apple and Google ban
One expert said sending the passwords to an unknown server was still “highly unorthodox”. By Leo Kelion The creator of an app that posted spam to peoples’ Instagram accounts has…
Thanks for playing: New Linux ransomware decrypted
Romanian researchers lay waste to Linux badware, let users out of Cryptowall hell. Darren Pauli Ransomware targeting Linux servers has been thwarted by hard working security boffins, with help from…
Charges brought in largest US financial cyber-hacking
Prosecutors have charged three men relating to the largest cyber-attack of financial firms in US history. Personal information for 100 million people was accessed by cyber-thieves between 2012 and the…