Mar 14, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
The Ottawa Hospital has confirmed its computer network was infected with ransomware this week, as four of its 9,800 machines were affected. In another Medical Ransomware scenario, the healthcare industry has once again been hit by encryption of files and demands for...
Mar 11, 2016 | General Security, Malware and Exploits
Just two days after this month’s Adobe Patch Tuesday, the company published an emergency fix for Flash. Dubbed APSB16-08, the update didn’t make it out on Tuesday, but it fixes 23 CVE-labelled vulnerabilities, so make sure you don’t miss it when you roll out...
Mar 10, 2016 | Browser Security, Malware and Exploits
Active users of mobile banking apps should be aware of a new Android banking trojan campaign targeting customers of large banks in Australia, New Zealand and Turkey. The banking malware, detected by ESET security products as Android/Spy.Agent.SI, can steal login...
Mar 8, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
New ransomware infecting Apple OS X surfaced on March 4th 2016, with the emergence of KeRanger. The first inkling of trouble came at the weekend. Users of Transmission – a BitTorrent client widely used on OS X – might have noticed the following warning: Figure 1 – The...
Mar 7, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
WASHINGTON: The Internal Revenue Service today issued an alert to payroll and human resources professionals to beware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests personal information on employees. The IRS has learned...
Feb 26, 2016 | Computer Security Solutions, Cyber-Crime, General Security, Kaspersky Labs Products + News, Malware and Exploits, Sophos
While the name ‘locky’ seems like a rather benign or cheerful name for a ransomware threat, the malware itself is no joke. This particular threat is so named because it renames all your files with a ‘.locky’ file extension – after it...
