Cyber-thieves have turned to web programming languages to create a cheap ransomware service. On infected machines, ransomware encrypts data and frees it only when victims pay for it to be…
Tag: Javascript
Happy 2016, and here's the year's first ransomware story
JavaScript-ed nasty only spotted on Windows, so far. Richard Chirgwin A security researcher reckons he’s spotted the first example of JavaScript-based ransomware-as-a-service, dubbing it Ransom32. Emsisoft’s Fabian Wosar writes here…
Happy 2016, and here's the year's first ransomware story
JavaScript-ed nasty only spotted on Windows, so far. Richard Chirgwin A security researcher reckons he’s spotted the first example of JavaScript-based ransomware-as-a-service, dubbing it Ransom32. Emsisoft’s Fabian Wosar writes here…
Chinese smartphones mount massive web attack
Javascript named as culprit. More than 650,000 Chinese smartphones have been unwittingly enrolled in a massive attack that overwhelmed a web server. The huge attack saw the target site hit…