Ransom32 — First JavaScript-powered Ransomware affecting Windows, Mac and Linux

Here's New Year's first Ransomware: Ransom32. A new Ransomware-as-a-service, dubbed Ransom32, has been spotted that for the first time uses a ransomware written in JavaScript to infect Mac, Windows as well as Linux machines. Ransom32 allows its operators to deploy the malware very quickly and...

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook Discuss the Threats of 2015

With 2015 more or less in the rear view mirror Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the year in security: Wassenaar, ransomware, Carbanak and Equation Group,how big of a deal Stagefright was, that Juniper backdoor, and more. Download: tp2015inreview.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

ALERT: This New Ransomware Steals Passwords Before Encrypting Files

You should be very careful while visiting websites on the Internet because you could be hit by a new upgrade to the World's worst Exploit Kit – Angler, which lets hackers develop and conduct their own drive-by attacks on visitors' computers with relative ease. Many poorly-secured websites are...

Angler Exploit Kit Spreading Cryptowall 4.0

As expected, it didn’t take long for one of the most popular exploit kits, Angler, to start spreading the latest iteration of Cryptowall ransomware. A drive-by campaign that uses a one-two punch to drop Cryptowall 4.0 has been observed in the wild this week, according to researchers at Heimdal...

Hackers are using Nuclear Exploit Kit to Spread Cryptowall 4.0 Ransomware

Beware Internet Users! Cryptowall 4.0 – the newest version of the world's worst Ransomware – has surfaced in the Nuclear exploit kit, one of the most potent exploit kits available in the underground market for hacking into computers. Ransomware threat has emerged as one of the biggest threats to...

Nuclear Exploit Kit Spreading Cryptowall 4.0 Ransomware

In short order, the newest version of Cryptowall has begun showing up in exploit kits. The SANS Internet Storm Center said on Tuesday that an attacker working off domains belonging to Chinese registrar BizCN has been moving the ransomware via the Nuclear Exploit Kit. SANS ISC handler and Rackspac...

Chimera Ransomware Operation Shut Down

It seems that as quickly as the Chimera ransomware surfaced, the operation has been shut down. Researchers at Bleeping Computer said Tuesday that the malware was no longer active. A number of security companies were publishing alerts about this latest strain of crypto-ransomware, which was...

The first Linux ransomware 马失前蹄: encryption vulnerabilities can be compromised-the vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

In Windows have long had ransomware（ransom ransomware, until Linux in Linux. Encoder. 1, which is the first linux ransomware. This software acts with CryptoWall And TorLocker and other infamous Trojan horse software is very similar. Hackers use ransomware cases In hack remote use of popular...

Linux Ransomware targeting Servers and Threatening Webmasters to Pay

Since past few years, Ransomware has emerged as one of the catastrophic malware programs that lets hacker encrypts all the contents of a victim's hard drive or/and server and demands ransom typically to be paid in Bitcoin in exchange for a key to decrypt it. Until now cyber criminals were targeti...

Chimera Ransomware Promises to Publish Encrypted Data Online

Ransomware continues to elevate itself as perhaps the most worrisome crossover threat affecting consumers and businesses. Already this week, we’ve had an update to the dangerous Cryptowall family of malware that includes new encryption features making that strain of ransomware harder to decrypt...

Cryptowall 4.0 Encrypts File Names, Clears Restore Points

Cryptowall has gotten a minor, but important facelift that might make it more difficult for researchers to tear apart and for victims to recover their encrypted data without paying a ransom. Spotted two days ago, the latest update to the ransomware has begun not only encrypting data on victims’...

Free Ransomware Decryption Tool — CoinVault and Bitcryptor

Have you been infected with the insidious CoinVault or Bitcryptor ransomware? If so, there is some potentially good news for you. You may now recover your encrypted files for FREE! – Thanks to the efforts of Dutch police and antivirus maker Kaspersky Lab. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab a...

CryptoWall Ransomware raised $325 Million in Revenue for Its Developer

The Creators of the notorious CryptoWall ransomware virus have managed to raise more than $325 million £212 million in this past year alone. Ransomware has emerged as one of the biggest cyber threats to web users in recent times. Typically, hackers primarily gain access to a user's computer syste...

FBI Suggests Ransomware Victims — 'Just Pay the Ransom Money'

Your Headache is not my Problem. If your computer gets hacked and infected with malware that holds your data for ransom, just pay off the criminals to see your valuable data again and do not expect the FBI to save them – it's what the FBI is advising concerning ransomware. Ransomware is a...

THN Weekly RoundUp – 12 Hacking Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week

Here we are with our weekly roundup, showcasing last week's top cyber security threats and challenges. Just in case you missed any of them ICYMI, THN Weekly Round-Up helps you provide all important stories of last week in one shot. We advise you to read the full story just click ‘Read More’ becau...

Cisco Takes Down Ransomware Operation Generating $30 Million in Revenue For Hackers

This will blow the minds of every single cyber criminal group out there – Researchers have discovered a group of hackers that is making an estimated $30 Million a year from their online criminal operation. Yes, $30 MILLLLLLION annually. Researchers from cyber security firm Cisco announced that th...

Researchers Disrupt Angler Exploit Kit, $60 Million Ransomware Campaign

Researchers took a big step towards eradicating the Angler exploit kit, disrupting a large ransomware campaign connected to it that purportedly netted a hacker more than $30 million annually. According to a report published today, experts with Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Grou...

Google Report Outlines Dependencies in the For-Profit Cybercrime Food Chain

Security specialists need to change the game and shift gears, researchers argue – instead of focusing on protecting their users and systems, they should narrow their sights on trying to shake up cybercrime’s seedy underbelly. At least that’s how Kurt Thomas and Elie Bursztein, researchers at...

Dutch Police Arrest Alleged CoinVault Ransomware Authors

Ransomware has emerged as major threat to consumers and businesses in recent years, and law enforcement agencies and security researchers have taken note. Authorities last year disrupted the Cryptolocker ransomware operation and now Dutch police have arrested two young men they believe are involv...

LockerPin Ransomware Resets PIN and Permanently Locks Your SmartPhones

Your device's lock screen PIN is believed to keep your phone's contents safe from others, but sadly not from a new piece of ransomware that is capable of hijacking safety of your Android devices. A group of security researchers has uncovered what is believed to be the first real example of malwar...