Tag: Locky

Worrisome Locky Ransomware Variant Zepto is Making The Rounds

There is a now form of Bitcoin ransomware on the block, going by the name of Zepto. At its core, ...

Necurs Botnet Resurfaces With Updated Locky and Dridex Versions

Locky remains one of the biggest ransomware threats to this very date. Now that the Necurs botnet is back, it ...

Industry Report: How Badly Was the DAO Attacked?

Scams, suits and cyber-attacks, with and a little bit of ransomware thrown in-between. It’s been a wacky week for Bitcoin ...

by Nick Marinoff

Symantec Report Indicates End of Locky Ransomware Threat

Although malware threats and exploit kits are a significant threat to our society, various types are showing a decrease in ...

Amazon Spear Phishing Campaign Spreads Locky Ransomware

Editor's note (5-28-2016, 1:36 PM EST): This article has been amended to add a technical correction. The attackers' method of ...

Malware-as-a-service Is A Cheap Way To Spread Bitcoin Ransomware

Cyber security is on the minds of everybody in the technology world these days, yet hackers and internet criminals seem ...

Dridex Banking Trojan Evolves Into Bitcoin Ransomware Distributor

People active in the world of security will have heard of the Dridex malware before, which is a Trojan designed ...