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Stay safe online - 2024-04-24

What is ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS)?

In the past few years, the dominating theme in IT media articles was none other than ransomware. More
News Viruses and parasites   2017-02-08

8 years worth of police data taken hostage by Osiris ransomware

Within the last couple of years, an increasing number of law enforcement organizations around the world have been joining forces with cyber security experts in hopes of making the web environment more secure. More
General News   2017-02-06

Good news for ransomware victims: HiddenTear, Jigsaw, Stampado and Philadelphia are decryptable

The online community was threatened by approximately 200 new ransomware viruses last year. More
General News   2017-02-03

Malware experts report the revival of Paypal phishing campaign

Paypal is one of today’s most popular online payment platforms which gathers 32 million registered users, has 100 available currencies and processes approximately 5 billion payments a year. More
General News   2017-02-02

Spora ransomware disguises under fake Chrome Font Pack update

It is no surprise that cyber racketeers manifest their creativity by exploiting various Windows and Mac features, services, networks and browsers for their misdeeds. More
News Viruses and parasites   2017-02-01

Own a Netgear router? Update its firmware now!

Recently, US-CERT released an announcement about a bug in Netgear’s R7000 and R6400 routers, which allowed attackers to inject commands. More
General News   2017-01-31

Gmail will block JavaScript attachments from February

Earlier this month Gmail users were warned about huge phishing attack which was aimed to steal usernames and passwords. More
General News   2017-01-30

Facebook is armoring up: introduces Login Approvals

Facebook has just announced some excellent news regarding the security or this popular site. More
General News   2017-01-27

New Charger ransomware infiltrates Google Play store

A few days ago, new ransomware pretending to be a battery-saving application has assaulted Google Play website. More
News Viruses and parasites   2017-01-26

Netflix Login Generator infects computers with Netflix ransomware – stay away from it!

Do you love to watch movies but hate to empty your bank account? More
General News   2017-01-25

Cyber experts warn about three new cyber threats: Spora, Satan, and Sage ransomware viruses

Three new file-encrypting viruses started threatening all online community – Spora, Satan, and Sage. More
News Viruses and parasites   2017-01-25

Experts reveal software vulnerability statistics of 2016

The official Heimdal security website has recently posted an important article in which the virus analyst Andra Zaharia is summarizing CVE Details statistics to single out most vulnerable software of 2016. More
General News   2017-01-23

Indiana cancer agency suffers from the ransomware attack

Cyber criminals see no limits in choosing a new victim. A week ago, Cancer Services of East Central Indiana-Little Red Door located in Muncie, Indiana became yet another target. More
News Security   2017-01-20

Beware: cybercriminals will come back from the holidays anytime soon

Malware developers need to take a break from work, too, and December is known to be their favorite month to step back from the illegal projects. More
General News   2017-01-19

WhatsApp security flaw allows spying on encrypted messages

Latest news about security hole found in popular messaging application WhatsApp shocked users and the entire community. More
General News   2017-01-18