Ransomware
What Is Retadup and How Can It Jeopardize the Security of Your Passwords?
Retadup is one of the malware families that has never really managed to catch the attention of mainstream media the way Trickbot has, for example. This seems a bit strange because while it has never really been the... Read more
How to Create a Ransomware Backup Plan
Why you need to create a plan in the case of a Ransomware attack In this day and age, data can be a company's most precious asset, and it falls to the company itself to keep the data safe. While companies that employ... Read more
Alert: Ransomware Can Slither in If Your Passwords Are Weak
Email is a very effective way of distributing all sorts of malware, and there are a few very good reasons for this. First of all, everybody has an email account. Although we have other means of communication, we still... Read more
What Is SamSam Ransomware and How to Protect Your Organization Against It
SamSam is a ransomware family that's been around since 2015. It has all the classic characteristics for an operation of this sort: crooks sneak the malicious program into a Windows computer, encrypt the victim's... Read more
Canon DSLR Hacked With Crypto-demanding Ransomware – but for Research
Technology is a marvelous thing, and the Internet has made a reality out of a multitude of things that were thought impossible just a few years back. Information on any topic imaginable is at the tip of a user's... Read more
The GandCrab Ransomware Creators Announced Their Retirement, but Poorly Protected MySQL Servers Are Still at Risk
Shortly after its first appearance in early-2018, GandCrab's popularity grew, and it quickly became the most prominent name on the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) market. GandCrab's commercial success was so massive,... Read more
The Hacker Behind WeChat Ransomware Is Caught After Stealing Passwords from 50,000 Users
The prospect of using computers to illegally earn money from regular people seems appealing to quite a few wannabe criminals. Predictably, some are better than others. Luo Moumou, a Chinese individual who authored a... Read more
LabCorp Data Breach Fears Were Unfounded. It Was a Ransomware Attack
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings or LabCorp has 60 thousand employees worldwide, helps with clinical trials in close to 100 countries, and processes around 2.5 million lab tests every week. This means that... Read more
How to Protect Backups Against Ransomware Attacks
Almost everything we do nowadays gets digitalized for the purpose of easy storage and accessibility. Whether it's a private person's projects stored on their own PC, or a huge list of employees, schedules, goods and... Read more
Security Experts Warn That Ransomware Creators Are Going Phishing
On May 12, 2017, the WannaCry ransomware encrypted the files of over 200 thousand Windows PCs all around the world and caused millions of dollars in damages. Thanks to EternalBlue, a hacking tool allegedly developed... Read more
How to Protect Your Computer from a Ransomware Attack
It must be said that as far as illegal money-making schemes on the Internet go, ransomware operations seem to be among the most clever ones. If it's done correctly, it's the (nearly) perfect crime because you... Read more
