ransomware

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss some hot water for Facebook and LinkedIn, Bitcoin falling, German Wi-Fi router guidance, and more.

Our statistics show that WannaCry, far from fading away, was responsible for 30% of ransomware attacks in Q3 2018.

We take a look at the Rotexy mobile Trojan: where it comes from, how it behaves, and how to get rid of it using a couple of regular SMS.

KeyPass ransomware is infecting computers worldwide, encrypting almost everything in its path. And it all starts with downloading a seemingly innocuous installer.

In the Netherlands, the creators of one of the first ransomware cryptors are on trial, thanks largely to us.

The Rakhni encrypting ransomware, known since 2013, is now trying its hand at mining Monero.

For the last few years, ransomware has been evolving into a sophisticated cyberweapon. You need cutting-edge technologies to stop it.

In this week’s podcast, Jeff and Dave riff on the Chili’s data breach, Facebook’s internal reviews, police falling victim to ransomware, and more.

This new version of SynAck ransomware uses sophisticated evasion techniques.

How Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business counters the latest threats

Jeff and Dave discuss the latest changes at Facebook, a data breach at Panera Bread, the fallout from the ransomware in Atlanta, and more.

Belgian police and Kaspersky Lab obtain decryption keys for files hit by Cryakl.

The cryptomining boom is helping scammers make money out of thin air. The latest method involves fake currency and ransomware.

2017’s threat of the year was no contest (and no surprise)

In this week’s edition Kaspersky Lab’s Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss a North Carolina county victimized by ransomware, Apple Face ID, and more.

Do you use NAS for backup? We’ll tell you how to protect it from new threats

This versatile mobile banking Trojan morphs into ransomware on detecting a removal attempt.

The post is being updated as our experts find new details on the malware.

We’ve already seen two large-scale ransomware attacks this year — we’re talking about the infamous WannaCry and ExPetr (also known as Petya and NotPetya). It seems that a third attack is on the rise: The new malware is called Bad Rabbit — at least, that’s the name indicated by the darknet website linked in the ransom note.

A new blocker called nRansom locks users out of their computers and demands not money, but nude pictures.

Living online is more comfortable than ever — do you really still need a helmet?

Global IT security problems like the recent Petya attack are of clear concern to large corpora-tions — but they affect common people as well.