Creaky Old WannaCry, GandCrab Top the Ransomware Scene

What’s old in ransomware is new again. Or, more accurately, never really went away. New analysis shows that for a years-old malware, WannaCry is still a viciously active pest. The self-propagating ransomware cryptoworm that’s been parasitizing victims since 2017 was the top most detected ransomwa...

Cryptoworm infecting AWS Cloud to mine cryptocurrency

By Sudais Asif The nasty cryptoworm also installs backdoor to further pursue with nefarious purposes. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cryptoworm infecting AWS Cloud to mine cryptocurrency...

Meet The Cryptoworm, The Future of Ransomware

Ransomware is evolving and soon will share the same deadly efficiencies as notorious worms of the past, such as Conficker and SQL Slammer. In fact, according to security researchers at Cisco Talos, today’s newest ransomware, SamSam, is a harbinger of a new wave of more malicious, tenacious and...