Behind the CryptoLocker Disruption

LAS VEGAS–The takedown of the GameOver Zeus malware operation in June got more than its share of attention, but it was the concurrent demolition of the CryptoLocker ransomware infrastructure that may prove to have been the most important part of the operation. That outcome was the culmination of...

Free CryptoLocker Ransomware Decryption Tool Released

When I say Ransomware, the first nasty piece of malware strikes in the mind is CryptoLocker. A nasty strain of ransomware malware that threatened most of the people around the world by effectively destroying important files of the victims forever. CRYPTOLOCKER - A DEVASTATING THREAT CryptoLocker ...

Koler Android Ransomware Infrastructure Complex and Agile

While the Koler ransomware may be a simplistic money-generating malware scam, the infrastructure standing up its campaigns is anything but. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab published a report today that not only explained details of how the attackers—possibly the group behind the Reveton...

Onion Ransomware Demands Bitcoins, Uses Tor, Advanced Encryption

More details about a new family of encryption ransomware that uses the anonymous network Tor and requires users pay by Bitcoin have emerged. The ransomware, known in some circles as Critoni or CTB-Locker, has been dubbed Onion by researchers at Kaspersky Lab as its creators use command and contro...

Critroni - File Encrypting Ransomware out in the Wild

A new ransomware from the Crypto-Ransomware family has been detected by the security researcher, which is being sold in different underground forums from the last month and recently included in the Angler exploit kit. The latest ransomware, given the name “Critroni”, includes a number of odd...

CryptoLocker Infections Continue as New Rasomware Evolves

U.S. and European law enforcement officials last month, performed a coordinated takedown of the GameOver Zeus botnet. At the time, they claimed that the operation also neutralized the infamous CryptoLocker ransomware, which criminals had distributed using GameOver’s infrastructure. However, Tyler...

Critroni Crypto Ransomware Seen Using Tor for Command and Control

There’s a new kid on the crypto ransomware block, known as Critroni, that’s been sold in underground forums for the last month or so and is now being dropped by the Angler exploit kit. The ransomware includes a number of unusual features and researchers say it’s the first crypto ransomware seen...

Student Decrypts Simplocker Android Ransomware that Encrypts Files

In a previous story, I reported about a new ransomware threat known as Simplocker discovered by researchers at the security firm ESET, targeting Android users in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, India and Russia, for ransom. Simplocker Android/Simplocker.A is the latest Android ransomware that has...

Hackers behind iPhone Ransom Attacks Arrested in Russia

A cyber campaign that was targeting iPhone and iPad owners with a sophisticated Ransomware in Australia and New Zealand last month, drawn special attention of online media and security analysts. Russian Authorities have arrested two young hackers from Moscow for their alleged involvement in...

Please make sure you have offline backups

This ransomware has hit not only personal computers, but also organizations, including a town in New Hampshire. This particular attack was carried out when an employee opened a seemingly legitimate email attachment, once again reminding us of the ever-present danger of social engineering...

Alleged Oleg Pliss iPhone Hackers Arrested in Russia

The hackers behind last month’s iPhone ransomware campaign – in which many users were asked to pay $100 to unlock their devices – may be behind bars now. A press release on the Russian Interior Ministry’s website yesterday claims two men were recently arrested for the “blocking of Apple devices t...

RIG Exploit Kit Pushing Cryptowall Ransomware

With Cryptolocker quite possibly on its way to becoming yesterday’s ransomware news after the successful takedown of part of its distribution infrastructure, alternatives are already available. Cryptowall is the latest to grab some attention and traction on victimized computers. Cisco reported on...

Android Ransomware First to Encrypt Data on Mobile Devices

A strain of ransomware that encrypts data on Android mobile devices, the first of its kind, has spread to 13 countries since it was first spotted less than a month ago. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab today disclosed details on Pletor, an expensive Trojan that popped up on an underground forum selli...

Cryptowall Ransomware Spreading Rapidly through Malicious Advertisements

Ransomware is an emerging threat in the evolution of cybercriminals techniques to part you from your money. Typically, the malicious software either lock victim’s computer system or encrypt the documents and files on it, in order to extort money from the victims. Though earlier we saw the samples...

First Android Ransomware that Encrypts SD Card Files

We have seen cybercriminals targeting PCs with Ransomware malware that encrypts your files or lock down your computer and ask for a ransom amount to be paid in a specified duration of time to unlock it. To deliver the Ransomware malwares to the mobile devices, cyber criminals have already started...

New Ransomware Malware takes Advantage of Windows PowerShell

Ransomware is one of the most blatant and obvious money making schemes for cybercriminals and it was most likely to be known when last year Cryptolocker ransomware targeted millions of computers worldwide. Recently, security researchers at the Antivirus firm TrendLabs have unearthed another...

FBI, European Authorities Go After GameOver Zeus Botnet

UPDATE–Law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States, including Europol and the FBI, ran a coordinated takedown of the GameOver Zeus botnet on Friday, seizing servers and disrupting the botnet’s operation. Authorities say that the same botnet has been used to distribute the CryptoLocke...

CryptoLocker Ransomware Competitor May Have Fatal Flaw

CryptoLocker certainly changed the ransomware game last year when it threatened its victims with the loss of important files if a timely ransom payment was not made. Reportedly, criminal gangs utilizing this dangerous type of ransomware were earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per month...

Apple Ransomware Targeting iCloud Users Hits Australia

A handful of iPhone, iPad and Mac users, largely confined to Australia, awoke Tuesday to discover their devices had been taken hostage by ransomware. Instead of their normal home screens, users were greeted with a message promising that their devices would be unlocked if a ransom, somewhere betwe...

Apple Devices Hacked by 'Oleg Pliss', held to Ransom

From last few years Ransomware malwares are targeting Windows users Worldwide and experts predicted that it was just a matter of time until ransomware would hit mobile devices and other Desktop operating systems like Mac, iOS, Android etc. A Few weeks back we reported about a Ransomware malware...