CryptoWall

TA530 group, spear phishing meets ransomwareTA530 group, spear phishing meets ransomware

TA530 group, spear phishing meets ransomware

A threat actor named TA530 group, has been targeting executives in an attempt to infect their machine with various malware,…

9 years ago
Admedia attacks now rely also on Joomla to serve ransomwareAdmedia attacks now rely also on Joomla to serve ransomware

Admedia attacks now rely also on Joomla to serve ransomware

Operators running websites based on the WordPress and Joomla must be aware of a spike in the number of compromised…

9 years ago
Emergency. Hundreds of compromised WordPress sites serve TeslaCrypt ransomwareEmergency. Hundreds of compromised WordPress sites serve TeslaCrypt ransomware

Emergency. Hundreds of compromised WordPress sites serve TeslaCrypt ransomware

Operators running websites based on the WordPress must be aware of a spike in the number of compromised platforms used…

9 years ago
Crooks use the Nuclear Exploit Kit to serve CryptoWall 4.0Crooks use the Nuclear Exploit Kit to serve CryptoWall 4.0

Crooks use the Nuclear Exploit Kit to serve CryptoWall 4.0

The popular Nuclear Exploit Kit has been used for the first time to serve the ransomware CryptoWall 4.0. The Nuclear…

10 years ago
Cryptowall 4.0 comes from Russia, Bitdefender released a vaccineCryptowall 4.0 comes from Russia, Bitdefender released a vaccine

Cryptowall 4.0 comes from Russia, Bitdefender released a vaccine

Security experts at Bitdefender speculate that the newborn Cryptowall 4.0 has a Russian origin. The company released a vaccine software.…

10 years ago
CryptoWall 4.0 Released with a New Look and Several New FeaturesCryptoWall 4.0 Released with a New Look and Several New Features

CryptoWall 4.0 Released with a New Look and Several New Features

The fourth member of the CryptoWall family of ransomware, CryptoWall 4.0, has just been released, complete with new features and a…

10 years ago
TeslaCrypt 2.0 ransomware comes with significant improvementsTeslaCrypt 2.0 ransomware comes with significant improvements

TeslaCrypt 2.0 ransomware comes with significant improvements

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of TeslaCrypt ransomware, version 2.0,  which was improved in a significant…

10 years ago
Cryptowall cost victims $18 Million since 2014 warns FBICryptowall cost victims $18 Million since 2014 warns FBI

Cryptowall cost victims $18 Million since 2014 warns FBI

Between April 2014 and June 2015, the IC3 received 992 CryptoWall related complaints, with victims reporting losses totaling over $18…

10 years ago
CryptoWall 3.0 Still Actively Being Spread as a New Campaign is Discovered in-the-wildCryptoWall 3.0 Still Actively Being Spread as a New Campaign is Discovered in-the-wild

CryptoWall 3.0 Still Actively Being Spread as a New Campaign is Discovered in-the-wild

A new malicious phishing campaign is spreading CryptoWall ransomware in the wild, the expert Michael Fratello has analyzed it for…

10 years ago
Crooks use seemingly harmless help files to serve CryptoWall ransomwareCrooks use seemingly harmless help files to serve CryptoWall ransomware

Crooks use seemingly harmless help files to serve CryptoWall ransomware

Experts at Bitdefender revealed that crooks used seemingly harmless help files to distribute a variant of the popular ransomware CryptoWall.…

10 years ago