Search results for: “ransomware”
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Half the companies blackmailed with ransomware pay to get their data back
Read moreThese days, 49% of companies that fall victim to ransomware pay ransom to their attackers. This is just one of many interesting findings revealed in the study “The State of Ransomware 2025”, for which an independent market research institute surveyed 3400 IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries.
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What ransomware gangs are looking for in an ideal victim
Read moreSecurity experts recently investigated offers made by ransomware actors to buy network accesses on the darknet, shedding light on the criteria cyber criminals use when selecting target companies to blackmail with their maliciously encrypted data.
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Company servers fall prey to unusual new ransomware
Read moreA new ransomware campaign specifically targeting the encryption of enterprise servers has been discovered by security researchers. The technology employed by the criminals indicates the involvement of notorious cyber gangsters.
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New ransomware variant wreaks havoc in Spain
Read moreA targeted ransomware attack has succeeded in encrypting the networks of at least two companies in Spain, with the impact extending far wider.
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Ransomware becoming ever trickier
Read moreThe German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued an alert on a new wave of Gandcrab ransomware attacks.
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Beware of fake job applications containing ransomware
Read moreFake job application emails are currently doing the rounds in Germany, which infect windows PCs with ransomware, encrypt files and try to blackmail users into paying ransom.
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Windows 10 now provides better protection against ransomware
Read moreWithout shouting it from the rooftops in advance, Microsoft has built in a practical safeguard against ransomware in the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10.
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Ransomware is on the rise – and SMEs increasingly under fire
Read moreIn 2016 the number of blackmail attacks by means of software multiplied strikingly. And ever more often such “ransomware” is now aiming to squeeze money out of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Spam is any unwanted message: Why end users should always have the final say
Read moreWhat actually counts as spam? Anyone dealing with email security knows that the answer is anything but clear-cut, and the discussion quickly drifts into philosophical territory. Nowadays, ransomware, phishing, and fraudulent emails can be detected very reliably using the latest algorithms. Things get more complicated, however, when it comes to messages that are perfectly legitimate…