Ransomware
Hackers Break Their Promise: Coronavirus Vaccine Test Lab Attacked by Maze Ransomware
Operators of the Maze malware announced earlier this month that they would stop targeting healthcare organizations. Not forever, of course. Only until the pandemic situation gets under control. Unfortunately, it seems... Read more
CoronaVirus Ransomware Emerges Amid Mass Panic to Cloak KPOT Malware Installation
It's evident that cyber attackers see the ongoing mass panic surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to profit by delivering nasty malware. First discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, the CoronaVirus ransomware... Read more
Tech, Real Estate, and Healthcare Companies Fall Victim to VegaLocker Ransomware Variant, Zeppelin
Zeppelin ransomware, a relatively newer malware threat, is found to be part of the VegaLocker ransomware family, alongside Jumper (Jamper) and Buran. It's written in the Delphi programming language, which gets... Read more
Russian Hackers Spread VegaLocker Ransomware with Mass Malvertising Campaigns
VegaLocker is known as a ransomware threat that was first noticed on February 11, 2019, when it hit the web and claimed its first cyber victims. At the time, no one could have predicted it would prove to be such a... Read more
Ryuk Ransomware Creates Chaos: Targets Government and Hospital Institutions
A Deep Look into Ryuk Ransomware Ryuk ransomware is an advanced computer threat that has been leveraged in ways to infiltrate systems and specifically target government institutions and hospitals. Some may recognize... Read more
Ransomware Operators Can Now Steal Your Data Before Encrypting It
Ransomware has proven time and again to be one of the most powerful weapons in the cybercriminals' arsenal. Initially, hackers would need to create their own family of file-encrypting malware, which isn't exactly a... Read more
Ransomware Attackers Pledge to Stop Targeting Hospitals During the Coronavirus Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light both good and bad sides in people. We see that in times of crisis, some individuals easily give in to panic, making them act irrationally. People tend to overstock on goods... Read more
Your Cloud Backups Could Be the Target of Ransomware Operators
We've mentioned before that people and organizations are now much more aware of the ransomware threat than they used to be. This is part of the reason why, at least as far as the stats are concerned, file-encrypting... Read more
What to Do When Your Company Gets Hit By Ransomware
Ransomware is such a profitable form of cybercrime that it has become an entire self-sustaining industry with its own shifts and trends. A few years ago, for example, ransomware developers and operators were primarily... Read more
Buran Ransomware Continues the Destructive Legacy of Its Predecessor VegaLocker
Buran ransomware first began making headway in May 2019. The malware infection is a Ransomware-as-a-Service threat, or RaaS. Leveraging RaaS threats is a rather common way for cybercriminals to make money. The... Read more
LockerGoga Aims to Attack Critical Infrastructures Worldwide by Joining Efforts as Part of a Ransomware Trio
Investigators say that LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Ryuk ransomware are used in attacks, targeting critical infrastructures across the world. Ransomware has been causing serious chaos in businesses all over the world.... Read more
DeathRansom: Ransomware Hellbent on Killing Files on Infected PCs via Encryption
Ransomware has turned into such a global problem for computer users and businesses, victims of recent threats have turned to budgeting for an attack so they can pay the demanded ransom and get their computer back to... Read more
CovidLock Ransomware Exploits Fear Surrounding Coronavirus with a Malicious Android App
While people are living through these trying times, doing their best to survive the global pandemic surrounding Coronavirus, cybercrooks are having a field day. Coronavirus-related malware has been popping up daily,... Read more
RIPlace: A Simple Evasion Technique That Makes Bypassing AV and Ransomware Protection Possible
Ransomware has proven to be a nuisance on a global scale, with some attacks costing millions of dollars. Imagine what would happen if there's a coordinated cyber attack. Cambridge University researchers estimated that... Read more
The Ransomwared Ransomware Asks for Nude Pictures Instead of Bitcoins
A ransomware family called Ransomwared has been making the news lately, and there are at least two very good reasons for this. For one, it's aimed at individual users rather than large organizations, which is somewhat... Read more
Researchers Claim That Weak Passwords Were to Blame for 30% of Ransomware Infections in 2019
Cybercriminals need to be flexible and adaptable if they are to run a successful operation. Crooks never sit still and are constantly changing their tactics not only to stay one step ahead of law enforcement agencies... Read more
Security Experts Warn That Victims of Ransomware Attacks MUST Change All Passwords
When an organization is hit by ransomware, many people tend to think that the only thing to worry about is restoring the data as quickly as possible. Earlier this week, however, cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs told... Read more
Want to Survive Ransomware - Here's How to Protect Your PC
IT security experts have argued that “ransomware is everything bad about humanity distilled into malware—maliciousness, greed, and casual incompetence”. It’s not difficult to see why some of them could hold that... Read more
