Ransomware
Russian Ransomware victims are getting decrypted for free
Sigrun Ransomware victims from Russia are said to be receiving a decryption key for free. The reason, they hail from the Vladimir Putin led country and so can walk away with a decryption key by not paying a ransom of $2,500 worth of Bitcoins. For others who have been affected by the said ransomware, they […]
UK decides to name and shame Countries which are behind cyber attacks
The United Kingdom has finally decided to name and shame all those countries which are trying to launch or have launched cyber attacks on its critical infrastructure. The names include Russia, North Korea, and other states which are alleged to be behind the cyber assaults on Britain’s infrastructure on a previous note. UK’s Attorney General […]
We are completely misinterpreting Ransomware
Ransomware is a kind of malware which locks down computer files from access until a ransom is paid in Bitcoins or in other cryptocurrency variants such as Monero. As it is proving profitable, hackers are seen deploying it left and right. “Coming to the malware influence on human minds, it’s huge and is being considered as […]
RansSIRIA Ransomware bluffs to donate Litecoins ransom to Syrian Refugees
Malware Hunter Team has discovered a new ransomware called RansSIRIA which infects and encrypts computer files and states that it will donate ransom payments to Syrian refugees. Security experts say that the said ransomware is similar to that of WannaCry Ransomware and is seen mainly targeting Brazilian victims. Technically speaking, the said ransomware when executed […]
Verizon Wireless acknowledges Ransomware as a most popular form of malware
Verizon Wireless in its latest Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has confirmed that ransomware has become the most popular form of malware in 2017 and has doubled up in existence in the past couple of years. What’s more apprehending is that firms are still not investing in security strategies to tackle ransomware. Meaning they are […]
Pyramid Mountain Lumber database gets infected with Ransomware
On March 15th, 2018 the entire network of Pyramid Mountain Lumber got infected with ransomware resulting in the encryption of all the files in the database. The cyber crooks who inducted the malware are said to have demanded more than $10,000 worth of bitcoins cryptocurrency in exchange for the decryption key. But the IT staff […]
Finger Lakes Health pays ransom to avoid ransomware attack repercussions
Finger Lakes Health a multi-institutional health system has made it official that it paid a ransom to avoid cyberattack repercussions. Lara Turbide, the vice president of the healthcare community admitted this news and appreciated the entire community, patients, residents, family members and employees for being patient during the crisis. As per the sources reporting to […]
Robots injected with Ransomware can push businesses into deep financial trouble
All these days we thought that ransomware can only infect computer systems causing huge financial loss to a business/s. But have you ever imagined a robot getting infected with ransomware? Yes, this is what was experimented by some security experts from IOactive who later concluded that the said malware can not only make robots malfunction […]
SonicWall illustrates ransomware attack variants increased by 101 percent
SonicWall, an American company selling products and services related to Internet security has illustrated in its recent security report that ransomware variants have increased by 10 percent in the past couple of years. However, the security services provider has confirmed that Ransomware attacks dropped from 638 million to 184 million between 2016 and 2017. The […]
Saturn Ransomware being distributed for free!
Ransomware authors of the new Saturn Ransomware variant are allowing prospective malware distributors to circulate the ransomware for free. All that they need to do is to sign up a web page via a dark web access and then start distributing the ransomware at free of cost. According to a source from Bleeping Computer which […]
