Latest Ransomware Stories

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online On Thursday PandaLabs, the anti-malware of Panda Security, announced that it had released new data that found cases of the so-called “Police Virus” are on the rise. However, this type of crime, known as ransomware or scareware, is not new. It holds a user’s computer hostage and demands payment – but does so by scaring users by claiming to come from legitimate law enforcement. Text that accompanies the warning – which can be...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Europol announced on Wednesday that it has broken up a well-organized gang of cybercriminals that extorted millions of euros from online users in more 30 countries by persuading them pay phony police fines. The group used a "ransomware" virus that locked victims’ computers, and then displayed messages claiming the action was taken by authorities based on the users’ abusive Internet usage. The message told victims they were...

Precept Partners notes increased sophistication of phishing and emerging ‘ransomware’ attacks; advise clients of need to step up internal security measures and staff training to protect company assets Buchanan, Michigan (PRWEB) December 21, 2012 The Internet consultants at Precept Partners have alerted their clients to the need to review internal security procedures in view of increasingly sophisticated phishing methods and emerging ‘ransomware’ attacks. The company’s manager,...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Malware attacks have skyrocketed at the fastest pace in four years, according to a second-quarter Threat Report by security software maker McAfee, a subsidiary of Intel. The firm said it had found more than 8 million new kinds of malware during the second quarter, a 23 percent increase from the previous quarter. There are now more than 90 million unique strands of malware in existence, including new threats like mobile...

SALZBURG, Austria, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Emsisoft has been keeping track of a current wave of attacks on Windows Servers - many affected companies and persons from all over the world have come to Emsisoft asking for help. The attacks are aimed at Windows Servers running publicly accessible Remote Desktop and Terminal Services. They are infiltrated via dictionary based brute-force attacks on several common user names. Especially servers operated by smaller or one man...