ransomware

A look at the evolution of mobile threats in 2015 and some predictions for 2016

While FBI recommends victims to pay the ransom, Kaspersky Lab won back the access to the files for dozens of thousands of CoinVault and Bitcryptor victims.

Kaspersky Lab joined hands with the Dutch police to arrest the criminals behind the CoinVault dangerous ransomware.

Headlines raise alarm: the greatest hack in history finally reached iOS. Is that really so and who are the potential victims?

The TeslaCrypt ransomware family is notable for targeting games-related files, as well as the usual documents, pictures and so on. In the new version it became even more dangerous.

Ransomware is a kind of malware that steals users’ files and exacts a ransom from its victims. The most effective approach is to encrypt the files and offer decryption keys

There is new piece of ransomware out there going after the players of some 40 online games in an apparent attempt to target a somewhat younger crowd of computer users.

A new variant of the Onion ransomware has emerged, though you might see it referred to as CTB-locker or Citroni. Whatever you decide to call it, CTB-Locker is a Cryptolocker-like

If December means predicting the new year in the security world, then it also means recapping the year that’s about to end. And that’s just what Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research

A new version of file-encrypting malware hides its sever inside an anonymous TOR network, making it safer for criminals to extort money from victims.

This week: the first ever Android encryptor malware, a serious Tweetdeck vulnerability arises and is fixed just as quickly, and much more.

Computer ransomware is getting more sophisitcated, while mobile cryptolockers are emerging both in Europe and the U.S.

Data breaches seemed to dominate the security news in May, but mobile ransomware emerged as well and there was good and bad privacy news from the tech giants.

New ransomware targets Apple users running iOS mobile and O SX Mac devices with a piece of malware that blocks use and demands payments.

A new piece of ransomware is targeting Android users and may be related to the infamous CryptoLocker malware.

Ransomware in general is not exactly the nastiest malware out there, but a new variant – called CryptoLocker – is particularly worrisome because it actually does what most ransomware merely

Most of us can no longer imagine a world in which we aren’t digitally connected at all times, and cybercriminals are well aware of this. With the growing importance of

If you use the Internet, then you’re sure to have encountered screen lockers. You may be one of the unlucky people who have experienced that embarrassing moment when an explicit