Hundreds of Millions in Digital Currency Remains Frozen

Between $150 million and $300 million in digital currency called ether remains inaccessible today after a user said he “accidentally” triggered a vulnerability that froze the funds in the popular Parity wallet. Parity Technologies issued an advisory warning users about the flaw in the Parity Wall...

Petya Is Not Ransomware, It's a 'Wiper'

The outbreak of the ExPetr malware isn’t a ransomware attack, but more precisely, it’s a wiper attack that sabotaged PCs globally, overwriting their Master Boot Record forever. That’s the analysis of security experts from Kaspersky Lab and Comae Technologies who shared their latest research on th...