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Tag Archives: Malware
How Bitcoin and the Dark Web hide SamSam in plain sight
Bitcoin and the Dark Web are familiar terms, but what are they and how do they help SamSam operate in plain sight?
iPhone chipmaker blames ransomware for factory shutdowns
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC is back up and running, and pinning the blame for its shutdown on an infection by WannaCry ransomware.
Fortnite ditches Google Play – will it undermine Android security?
Like it or not, the Play Store is a walled garden that keeps out malware.
Alleged “high-ranking” members of the Fin7 cybercrime group arrested
The DOJ says it’s arrested three members of the highly professional Fin7 group.
Amnesty International spearphished with government spyware
Pegasus spyware is supposed to be used solely by governments, to enable them to invisibly track criminals and terrorists
Staff dust off their typewriters after malware attack
Malware has taken down systems in at least two Alaskan municipalities in an attack that officials say is the worst they have ever seen.
SamSam: The (almost) $6 million ransomware
New research reveals that SamSam ransomware has affected far more victims, and raised far more ransom, than previously thought.
Google bans Android miners from Play Store
Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store.
Nerves jangled by new ransomware attack on shipping giant
The US network of one of the world’s largest shipping companies, COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), has been hit by a disruptive ransomware attack.