Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the latest on ShadowBrokers and Cisco, Sweet32, decryptors for the Wildfire ransomware, and some gaming forum breaches.
Tag Archives: ransomware
FSociety wants a piece of the ransomware cake
Someone has used the plot and visuals of the Mr. Robot show to create FSociety ransomware.
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Look who’s talking? It’s not John Travolta or Bruce Willis!
It’s your computer with some very bad news: It’s just been infected by ransomware.
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Ransomware: To pay or not to pay?
Is it always wrong to pay up when hit by a ransomware attack? Never say never, says ESET’s David Harley.
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Nemucod serves nasty package: Ransomware and ad-clickers
The operators of the notorious trojan downloader Nemucod seem to have stepped up their game, serving their victims with ransomware and ad-clickers.
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The giveaway: All that glitters is not gold
Not every giveaway might be good for you and the latest case with O2 shows how the damage can become really huge. All that glitters is not gold!
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First-Ever Ransomware For Smart Thermostat is Here — It's Hot!
Internet of Things (IoT) is the latest buzz in the world of technology, but they are much easier to hack than you think.
Until now we have heard many scary stories of hacking IoT devices, but how realistic is the threat?
Just think of a scenario where you enter in your house, and it’s sweltering, but when you head on to check the temperature of your thermostat, you find out that it has been
Tales from Ransomwhere: Cerber on the Rise
A new ransomware family called Cerber is rampaging cyberspace and taking an alarming number of victims. Learn about Cerber in this analysis. Don’t fall into its trap!
Public, Private Sector Team to Fight Ransomware
Security firms and law enforcement launch No More Ransom, a web-based effort dedicated to ransomware awareness and decryption tools.
Europol and IT Security Companies Team Up to Combat Ransomware Threat
No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat.
The Dutch National law enforcement agency Europol has joined forces with police and cyber security companies to launch a worldwide initiative to combat and tackle together the exponential growth of Ransomware used by cyber criminals.
Europol announced today the initiative, dubbed NO More Ransom, that has been backed by technology giant Intel,
