The renowned auditing and consulting firm, PwC, has revealed that Iranian citizens were involved in one of the most famous ransomware cases. The firm believes that they masterminded the SamSam…
In a recent turn of events, the highly-publicized ransomware attack on the Wolverine Solutions Group’s (WSG) has now been linked to the infamous Trojan, Emotet. Since the WSG, a service…
There has been a new variant in the CryptoMix Ransomware family. The new variant which was just discovered displayed a new behavior: a .CIOP or .CLOP extension is appended in…
If you live in the USA, then it is possible that you may receive an email from your local healthcare provider about how your information got encrypted due to a…
Maryland’s state assembly recently passed a bill to increase the penalties and sentences for cybercriminals involved in ransomware attacks. A wide-scale cryptovirological attack on one of the state’s healthcare facilities…
Impersonation is a tactic used by many cybercriminals to make their digital shenanigans successful. The social engineering exploits they use are mostly comprised of impersonating activities. Recently, a cyber defense…
The number of ransomware attacks has been reduced in the last six to eight months. Malicious cryptomining activity has primarily replaced ransomware as a leading cyber threat in many regions….
It has been a year since GandCrab first emerged and in this short period of time, it has carved a reputation for being one of the most potent cryptovirological threats…
It’s now commonplace for cryptovirological operators to write more lethal and persistent variants of existing ransomware strains. Ransomware removal experts have recently identified a new variant of Shade or Rapid…
While cryptomining and formjacking are emerging as the major cyber threats, ransomware has established its position in the digital domain. Cryptovirological operators continue to introduce new strains and the variants…
