If you see a new image or graphic file on your computer that you don’t recall downloading, do not open it. The Locky ransomware program has moved on from MS Office Word to Facebook and LinkedIn ...

Ransomware with apparent links to a Dridex botnet affiliate has been spotted attempting to infect at least 450,000 computer users. Brandon Levene, Micah Yates, and Rob Downs, all security researchers ...

A low-tech but cunning malware program is worrying security researchers after it started spreading rapidly in the past week through a new attack vector: by forcibly exploiting vulnerabilities in ...

Very recently, it was reported that a piece of malware was spreading on Facebook, which exploited an image file to install malware. Today, a security firm has discovered a similar trick, which again ...

Today a new Locky Ransomware variant was discovered by security researcher Derek Knight and then quickly followed by Stormshield malware analyst coldshell that switches to the .ykcol extension for ...

Security researchers are warning of a new strain of the Locky ransomware — the malware responsible for crippling networks at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky., and King’s Daughters’ Health in ...

Security researchers have discovered ransomware being spread through images and graphic files being shared on social networking sites including Facebook and LinkedIn. Among the malware being ...

Ransomware is a form of malware that’s more annoying than usual both because it revokes access to your computer, and because it then has the nerve to charge you money in order to reverse the lockout.

Locky ransomware reemerged Friday with multiple sets of phishing e-mail messages, cybersecurity vendor PhishMe’s research team has discovered. Similar to narratives used throughout 2016, these ...

Lots of ransomware stories this week. We have two new decryptors, quite a few new ransomware infections, PadCrypt being hidden inside a fake credit card generator, and a few new variants. The biggest ...

Several security researchers have discovered a new type of malware that jumps onto the ransomware bandwagon, encrypting victims’ files and then demanding a payment of half a bitcoin for the key. Named ...