Jun 4, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
As many as 93% of all phishing emails now contain ransomware, according to a new report by PhishMe. The figure would represent a staggering rise, as the same report notes that ransomware was found in just 56% of phishing emails as recently as December 2015, and less...
May 31, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
On 12 May, Tumblr revealed that it had just discovered a 2013 breach of user email addresses and passwords. Details were sparse, and the company reportedly refused to put a number on the affected accounts. Now, we know: the dataset included more than 65 million...
May 31, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
Today we bring you news of a breach which is so massive in size, it is quite probably, the largest breach in history. This particular breach is from MySpace, and the number of passwords claimed to be included is an eye-popping 427 million. Apparently, there are only...
May 19, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
The worst kind of malware at the moment are the ransomware variants – Kryptolocker, Locky, Teslacrypt etc. – an infection from this type of malware will leave you with your files locked up and a demand for money on your computer screen. That’s a bad...
May 19, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
Have you been infected by one of the new variants (v3 or v4) of the notorious TeslaCrypt ransomware? If your encrypted files had the extensions .xxx, .ttt, .micro, .mp3 or were left unchanged, then ESET has good news for you: they have a decryptor for TeslaCrypt. They...
May 19, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches, Malware and Exploits
Popular restaurant chain Noodles & Company is reportedly investigating a possible credit card breach. Asked to comment on the reports, Broomfield, Colo.-based Noodles & Company issued the following statement: “We are currently investigating some unusual...
