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ESET: blog article and pointer to paper. Android ransomware in 2017: Innovative infiltration and rougher extortion “To find out more about ransomware on Android, the nastiest variants of the past year, as well as the most noteworthy examples… Continue reading Android ransomware info from ESET
People keep telling me that crypto-mining is the new ransomware… Certainly it seems to be filling my mailbox at the moment, At any rate, I’m maintaining a new cryptocurrency-related resource on this site as of today. For the moment, I’… Continue reading Cryptocurrency/Crypto-mining resource page
People keep telling me that crypto-mining is the new ransomware… Certainly it seems to be filling my mailbox at the moment, At any rate, I’m maintaining a new cryptocurrency-related resource on this site as of today. For the moment, I’… Continue reading Cryptocurrency/Crypto-mining resource page
[February 9th 2018] Bleeping Computer: Black Ruby Ransomware Skips Victims in Iran and Adds a Miner for Good Measure “A new ransomware was discovered this week by MalwareHunterTeam called Black Ruby. This ransomware will encry… Continue reading Black Ruby
[February 9th 2018] Bleeping Computer: Black Ruby Ransomware Skips Victims in Iran and Adds a Miner for Good Measure “A new ransomware was discovered this week by MalwareHunterTeam called Black Ruby. This ransomware will encry… Continue reading Black Ruby
Bleeping Computer, 12th February 2018: Rapid Ransomware Being Spread Using Fake IRS Malspam “A new variant of Rapid Ransomware is currently being distributed using malspam that pretends to be from the Internal Revenue Service. First det… Continue reading Rapid ransomware spoofs IRS
Bleeping Computer, 12th February 2018: Rapid Ransomware Being Spread Using Fake IRS Malspam “A new variant of Rapid Ransomware is currently being distributed using malspam that pretends to be from the Internal Revenue Service. First det… Continue reading Rapid ransomware spoofs IRS
Simon Sharwood for The Register: Intel adopts Orwellian irony with call for fast Meltdown-Spectre action after slow patch delivery – For now, have some code that won’t crash Skylakes and stay close to your Telescreens. He observes… Continue reading Intel’s slow progress towards microcode updates
For Malwarebytes, Jérôme Segura continues to fight the good fight against support scammers by warning us that ‘Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome‘. (If you saw this when it first appeared, note that it has bee… Continue reading Tech support scammers learn to ‘lock’ Chrome
Iain Thompson for The Register: Good news, everyone: Ransomware declining. Bad news: Miscreants are turning to crypto-mining on infected PCs – Screw asking for digi-coins. Craft ’em on 500,000 computers Well, I don’t have im… Continue reading Ransomware in decline?