Finnish researchers Antti Nuopponen, Patrik Nisén and Taneli Kaivola of Finnish consultancy Nixu discovered how to decrypt the files that have been encrypted by the recently spread TorrentLocker ransomware without paying the required fee. All the user needs is the…
After the successful law enforcement operation in late May that took the Gameover Zeus botnet down, CrypoLocker was almost crushed. Yet, new ransomware arises. Along with the Gameover Zeus network of infected computers, a ransomware campaign was compromised as well…
Kovter ransomware infections have increased significantly in the second quarter of 2014, report malware researchers from the Damballa security firm. On average, the daily incidents have been up by 153% between April and May this year. The ransomware has reached…
Over 625 000 Computer Systems & 5.25 Billion Files Hostages Thanks to CryptoWall In the past six months, the users of more than 625 000 computers were attacked by the biggest and most destructive ransomware threat on Internet – CryptoWall.…
The Reveton Ransomware – Your System Is Locked and You Have No Money Left in Your Pocket The Reveton Ransomware is back, and it’s updated. A new credential-stealing feature has been added to the police-ransomware, using the new version of…
ZeroLocker is a new crypto-malware ransomware program which acts in the disguise of a decryption tool which can rescue the data that is locked by the different threats, in case the license of the program is purchased. As a rule,…
Created in 2013, CryptoLocker is a ransomware that targets all Windows versions. Through asymmetric encryption, certain files available on the user’s PC are encrypted, and a ransom message is displayed. The sum requested for the decryption of the files is…
