ransomware

ImageGate attack – How to spread malware via poisoned .JPG

Security experts from Checkpoint have discovered a new malware-based campaign through Facebook leveraging an image obfuscation trick dubbed ImageGate. Security…

7 years ago

Watch out, Locky ransomware spread via SVG images on Facebook Messenger

Researchers have discovered a new hacking campaign leveraging on Facebook Messenger to spread the Locky ransomware via SVG images. The Locky Ransomware…

7 years ago

Telecrypt ransomware abuses Telegram Messenger’s communication protocol

Telecrypt ransomware is a new malware that abuses the instant messaging service Telegram for command and control (C&C) communications. Security…

7 years ago

Technical analysis of the Locker virus on mobile phones

Security experts from Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab published an interesting Technical analysis of the mobile variant of the Locker…

7 years ago

Reading the ‘High Crime Trends 2016’ Report from Group-IB

The Group-IB firm has published a report titled "High Crime Trends 2016" that includes interesting data about principal cybercrime trends.…

8 years ago

Symantec observed a surge of spam emails using malicious WSF files

Symantec observed a significant increase in the number of email-based attacks using malicious Windows Script File (WSF) attachments. Experts from…

8 years ago

Experts observed several malvertising campaigns deliver Cerber 4.0

Cerber 4.0 is the latest variant of the Cerber ransomware family that is becoming even more common in the malvertising…

8 years ago

The fall of the Encryptor RaaS also thanks to Shodan

Law enforcement and security experts have dismantled the Encryptor RaaS architecture by localizing one of its servers with Shodan. Shodan…

8 years ago

TeamXRat spreads ransomware via RDP brute-force attacks

Malware researchers from Kaspersky have spotted the TeamXRat gang spreading a new ransomware in Brazil via RDP brute-force attacks. Cyber…

8 years ago

RAUM tool allows to spread malware through torrent files

InfoArmor has discovered the RAUM tool in criminal forums, it is a special tool to distribute malware by packaging it…

8 years ago

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