Locky Ransomware Now Part Of Massive Spam Attack

Researchers are tracking a massive spam campaign pelting inboxes with Locky ransomware downloaders in the form of JavaScript attachments. The huge spike, reported by security firm Trustwave, represents an extraordinary uptick in the attempted distribution of the Locky ransomware. Trustwave said...

KeRanger OS X Ransomware Impact Likely Mitigated

It’s likely that the first functional ransomware for OS X is a dud. Discovered on Friday by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, the KeRanger ransomware sits dormant for three days before encrypting files from a comprehensive list of 300 file extensions; today would be Day 3. The malware was includ...

First Mac OS X Ransomware Targets Apple Users

Mac users, even you are not left untouched! The World's first fully functional Ransomware targeting OS X operating system has been landed on Macs. Ransomware – one of the fastest-growing cyber threats – encrypts the important documents and files on infected machines and then asks victims to pay...

Multiple OS Malicious File Containing JS Downloader

A malicious JavaScript downloader file was observed as part of Locky ransomware campaign. A remote attacker could convince users to manually trigger it. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the target system...

URL Path Containing Suspicious Executable

Certain URL paths may be indicative of malicious executable files that are characteristic of the Locky ransomware. A remote attacker could entice unsuspecting users to access such URLs, leading to execution of malicious files on the affected system...

CTB-Locker Ransomware Spreading Rapidly, Infects Thousands of Web Servers

Ransomware has steadily evolved over the past decade, moving from isolated attacks on individual computers to wider campaigns that disrupt entire services. Families such as Cryptowall and Locky showed how quickly file-encrypting malware could spread across Windows systems. Researchers are now...

Angler Exploit Learns New Tricks, Finds Home On Popular Website

Researchers report Angler Exploit Kit attacks have become more brazen and are now targeting top websites with new tricks that can evade browser-based antimalware protection. Karl Sigler, a SpiderLabs researcher at Trustwave, told Threatpost his lab found the Angler Exploit Kit on a popular websit...

How To Keep Your Android Phone Secure

As the number of threats is on the rise, Android platform is no longer safe, which isn't a surprise to anyone. Most of us are usually worried more about the security of our desktops or laptops and forget to think about the consequences our smartphones can make if compromised or stolen. Unlike...

CTB-Locker/Critroni Finds New Legs Targeting Websites

After months of relative dormancy, ransomware CTB-Locker or Critroni is back and this time finding new life targeting websites. Researchers are calling this variant “CTB-Locker for Websites” because it targets websites, encrypts their content, and demands a 0.4 bitcoin $425 ransom for access to t...

Angler Exploit Kit Attacks Silverlight Vulnerability

Exploits for a vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight have found their way into the dangerous Angler Exploit Kit a little more than a month after it was patched. French security researcher Kafeine said he was able to get independent confirmation from researchers at Kaspersky Lab that the exploit...

Suspicious Executable Mail Attachment

Certain malicious executable files can be hidden using a different extension for the file. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to entice unsuspecting users to execute a malicious mail attachment. This method is often used by ransomware such as Locky, Cerber, CryptoXXX, and others...

Microsoft Office Mail Attachment Containing Malicious Downloader

A Microsoft Office Mail attachment containing a malicious downloader was observed as part of Locky ransomware campaign. A remote attacker could send spam e-mails including those downloaders and convince users to manually enable them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the targe...

Joomla Joins WordPress As TeslaCrypt Ransomware Target

Exploit kits infecting thousands of WordPress websites are setting their sights on the open-source content management system Joomla in a new campaign spotted by a researcher at the SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center. “The group behind the WordPress ‘admedia’ campaign is now apparently targeti...

On the iPhone Encryption Debacle, the glibc Linux Vulnerability, and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the week in news, including the iPhone encryption debacle, the glibc Linux vulnerability, and the latest ransomware headlines. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapFebruary192016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

How Just Opening an MS Word Doc Can Hijack Every File On Your System

If you receive a mail masquerading as a company's invoice and containing a Microsoft Word file, think twice before clicking on it. Doing so could cripple your system and could lead to a catastrophic destruction. Hackers are believed to be carrying out social engineering hoaxes by adopting...

Hollywood Hospital Pays $17K Ransom to Decrypt Files

After being knocked offline for nearly two weeks, officials at a California hospital that was hit with ransomware elected on Wednesday to pay attackers. The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center HPMC shut down computers on its network on Feb. 5, after attackers allegedly asked for 9,000 Bitcoin, ...

Locky Ransomware Borrows Tricks from Dridex

It’s been difficult to keep track of all the different strains of ransomware that have plagued users over the last year or two. Unlike many of them the latest to grab headlines is spreading through a decidedly old school vector: document-based macros. Named Locky, the ransomware appears to borrow...

Hollywood Hospital Pays $17,000 Ransom to Hacker for Unlocking Medical Records

Ransomware has seriously turned on to a noxious game of Hackers to get paid effortlessly. Once again the heat was felt by the Los Angeles-based Presbyterian Medical Center when a group of hackers had sealed all its sensitive files and demanded $17,000 USD to regain the access to those compromised...

Disabled PadCrypt Ransomware Includes Live Chat, Uninstaller

Several flavors of ransomware, most notably Cryptowall, have come packaged with support features. But a new piece of crypto-ransomware called PadCrypt has upped the game with a live chat feature that victims can use to interact with the attackers about ransom payments and other information...

Here's How to Decrypt Hydracrypt & Umbrecrypt Ransomware Files

Over the last few years, we have seen several types of Ransomware malware that demand a whopping amount of money from users for the retrieval of their locked, compromised sensitive files. We have also witnessed the birth of decryption solution for some of the Ransomware like Cryptolocker partial,...