Ransomware
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
