By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News in Las Vegas Cyber-thieves have made at least $25m (£19m) from ransomware in the last two years, suggests research by Google. The search…
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Ransomware Doubles Since July
The percentage of ransomware attacks doubled during the period July to December 2016, to account for 10.5% of all recognized malware attacks during that time. By Tara Seals According to…
Poison .JPG spreading ransomware through Facebook Messenger
Cick-to-self-p0wn attack sneaks Locky ransomware past Zuck’s security model. By Darren Pauli Checkpoint has found an image obfuscation trick it thinks may be behind a recent massive phishing campaign on…
FireEye warns 'massive' ransomware campaign hits US, Japan hospitals
Locky ransomware running rampant, mounted on personalised phish. By Darren Pauli The dangerous and as-yet-undefeated Locky ransomware is being hurled at hospitals across the United States and Japan in a…
Cerber ransomware earns $2.3mil with 0.3% response rate
Affiliates get access to easy-to-use management tools. By Maria Korolov The fast-growing Cerber ransomware earned nearly $200,000 in July despite a payment rate of just 0.3 percent as a result…
New Locky ransomware version can operate in offline mode
The program will start encrypting files even if it can’t connect to a command-and-control server. By Lucian Constantin The creators of the widespread Locky ransomware have added a fallback mechanism…