Ransomware

Following a spate of attacks on the healthcare industry, the education sector, and other service providers, personalized attacks embraced by profit-driven scammers are now utilizing various malware.

A new ransomware variant called KimcilWare was found targeting websites running the Magento platform.

A new ransomware variant called SAMSAM was discovered targeting several hospitals.

Two more healthcare facilities fall to a crypto-ransomware attack as MedStar Health and Prime Healthcare get shut down by the cyber-extortion scheme.

Major security certification provider has been spreading TeslaCrypt, a ransomware that takes the victim’s files hostage via encryption. More details here.

Kentucky-based Methodist Hospital announced a ransomware attack that led to an “internal state of emergency.”

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation posted a warning about ransomware targeting companies and enterprises. How serious is this threat?

KeRanger, believed to be the world's first ransomware specifically designed to infect OS X machines has been found piggybacking on a compromised installer of a BitTorrent client.

A new ransomware variant has been discovered encrypting online files, as CTB-Locker for Websites is found to have infected over 100 WordPress-powered sites.