An SMB vulnerability helped propagate BadRabbit, but not the one first suspected — security researchers have tentatively linked it to the mystery group behind NotPetya. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Tag: ransomware
This nasty new Android ransomware encrypts your phone – and changes your PIN
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•DoubleLocker ransomware deploys technique previously used by trojans to gain full control of the device and completely lock it down. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Ransomware is now big business on the dark web and malware developers are cashing in
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•Appeal of ransomware sees sales rise from $250,000 in 2016 to over $6m in 2017 – and some ransomware sellers are now pocketing a salary of over $100,000 a …read more Source:: Open Source S
Ransomware surges again, as cyber crime-as-a-service becomes mainstream for crooks
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•Europol report warns on increasingly professional nature of cyber crime and how the likes of WannaCry demonstrates now ransomware is eclipsing most other online crime. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Ransomware and cyber-attacks: We need a defence plan, says Europe
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•The EU sets out a strategy to improve its cyber-defences against criminals and nation states. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Too noisy, low-level and unethical: Why some cybercriminals hate ransomware
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•“We are digging our own grave,” warn some online criminals who are worried how high-profile ransomware attacks like WannaCry are boosting awareness and cyber security knowledge. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Locky ransomware: Why this menace keeps coming back
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•It’s one of the most successful forms of ransomware. Here’s why the Locky ransomware keeps disappearing – only to reappear again. …read more Source:: Open Source S
This expensive new ransomware targets organisations with specially crafted phishing lures
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•Defray ransomware demands $5000 from victims and has targeted hospitals, manufacturing and even an aquarium with small-scale but highly customised campaigns …read more Source:: Open Source S
Ransomware 2.0: Spora now steals your credentials and logs what you type
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•Vicious family of the file-locking malware becomes the latest form of ransomware not content with inflicting one form of misery on victims. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Now Cerber ransomware wants to steal your Bitcoin wallets and passwords too
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•One of the worst forms of ransomware has suddenly become even worse in an effort to make its malicious authors more money. …read more Source:: Open Source S