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A criminal group has made at least $450,000 by infecting organizations with the Samas ransomware in the past year, according to an analysis by researchers from security firm Palo Alto Networks. The Samas ransomware first came to light in March 2016, when the FBI issued an alert about a wave of ransomware infections that hit […]
Yesterday, GData malware analyst Karsten Hahn discovered an in-development ransomware disguised as a click me game. When executed the ransomware will launch a screen that contains a Click Me button that a user chases around the screen with their mouse cursor while trying to click on it. In the background, though, the ransomware will be silently encrypting the […]
The latest variant of the notorious Cerber ransomware family is currently featured in several infection campaigns, security researchers warn. Dubbed Cerber 4.0, the malware version emerged in early October and appears to have already become highly popular among cybercriminals for use in malvertising campaigns. What’s more, three of the most used exploit kits (EKs) at […]
Unlock92 infections going under the radar. A ransomware variant that appeared in early July this year and was initially cracked and decrypted has quietly resurfaced in mid-August and has been spamming users ever since, with a determination seen only in the market’s top ransomware families. Known as Unlock92, this ransomware was in the media’s attention […]
Some of the data looks legit, some looked fake. A group of hackers who call themselves “Pravyy Sector” [Right Sector] are extorting the Polish Government on Twitter, threatening to release data stolen from Poland’s Defence Ministry if the government doesn’t pay $50,000, either to a Ukrainian bank account or a Bitcoin address. The name Right […]
RansomNoteCleaner Windows app cleans up the ransom note spam left behind after removing a ransomware infection. Security researcher Michael Gillespie, one of the people responsible for creating several free ransomware decrypters, along with the awesome ID Ransomware service, has put together a new tool that automatically scans and deletes ransom notes from your PC. When […]
We had 4 new ransomware infections, 2 updates, and one TeslaCrypt news item this week, but for the most part there was nothing that interesting released. When I write these weekly roundups, I try to credit the source of the discovery. If I missed anyone, please let me know. A big thanks to all the […]
Hey Folks! So late last year a quote was going around about a comment for the Special Agent in charge of the Cyber Intelligence program for a Boston branch of the FBI that mentioned how they advise users to just pay ransomware criminals because in many cases, getting the files back by any other method would […]
Last week Kafeine posted an analysis of a new ransomware called CryptXXX on the Proofpoint blog. Based on their analysis they determined that CryptXXX is affiliated with the developers of the Angler Exploit Kit as well as the Reveton screen locking ransomware family. When a user is infected with CryptXXX, all of their data will be […]
A new variant of Ransomware, Ransom32, uses JavaScript to ease the process of attacking use systems with Ransomware and cause problems. Ransomware has been the thorn in systems all over the world, be it personal computers or other systems, even those belonging to police departments. Ransomware is a malicious program that takes control over a […]
One of the Internet’s oldest and crudest attacks experiences a resurgence. A number of sites have been hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks over the past week. Strong enough to knock some of them offline for days at a time, these DDoS attacks have been launched by extortionists demanding thousands of dollars in ransom money. One of […]
Hackers have leaked information related to 5000 customers of Aussie direct. But, before publishing the data, the hackers demanded the company for a six-figure ransom, which they declined. Aussie Farmers direct is a food delivery company and has a big database of customers. According to the company, the hackers revealed customer names, addresses, phone numbers […]
Follow-on attacks show capabilities “commonly possessed by state-sponsored actors.” A provider of end-to-end encrypted e-mail said it paid a ransom of almost $6,000 to stop highly advanced denial-of-service attacks that knocked its networks, and the networks of some of its upstream providers, offline. In a blog post published Thursday, officials of Switzerland-based ProtonMail said they […]
It has not been a week, yet hackers have begun to exploit existing Windows users’ computer by sending them a ransomware, via spoofed email, which instantly encrypts each and every file that exists on the computer. The zipped attachment found in the email, which seems like Windows 10 sent by Microsoft, is not the operating […]
Popular anti-virus firm and computer security agency BitDefender has become the victim of a highly embarrassing data hack. Apparently, hackers took away a “very limited” number of usernames and passwords of the firm’s customers and are now threatening to make the data public if the required ransom is not paid. However, BitDefender refused to give […]