Cisco Dismantles $30 Million Dollar Ransomware Operation
Security researchers have dismantled a massive cyber-criminal operation they estimate has raked in more than…
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Stealthy Malicious Ads Strike Massive Sites Including Ebay, Drudge Report, Answers.com in Undetected Three Week Attack
Around mid August, a group of actors behind many recent malvertising campaigns began to roll…
Android Porn App Secretly Spy’s on Users, Locks the Device and Demands Ransom
Adult Player, is an Android app masqueraded as a pornography app, however once the file…
Alleged Author of Locker Ransomware Apologizes and Publishes Decryption Keys
In a rather bizarre turn of events, an anonymous individual has stepped forward claiming to…
Hackers Encrypt Massachusetts Police Database, Demanding $500 Ransom
An unknown set of hackers encrypted a Massachusetts police department database, containing possibly sensitive information…
Hackers Encrypt Midlothian Police Database, Authorities Pay Ransom
An Illinois suburban police department recently paid a $500 ransom to an unknown hacker to…
Hackers Encrypt City of Detroit Database, Holding it Ransom at $800,000
Detroit – During a speech at the North American International Cyber Summit, held in Detroit…
New Gamover Zeus Botnet Generates 1,000 Domains Per Day
The Gamover Zeus takedown was a huge victory for government authorities against cybercriminal operations, as…
Android Ransomware, Simplocker, Encrypts Files Appearing to be FBI
A little over a month ago we saw the first Android ransomware, Simplocker, that encrypts…
Android Ransomware, ScarePakage, Locks Phone Appearing to be the FBI
A new Android ransomware has begun targeting users in the United States, if infected, it…
