by Mufeed Ubaid | Aug 25, 2017 | Cyber Attacks, Cyber Security, Malware, Ransomware
Mamba – The Disk Encrypting Ransomware Last November of 2016, the Mamba ransomware was first detected in public attacks against the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, encrypting the hard drives, leaving its internal computer and payment systems on halt....
by Tijo Davis | Aug 24, 2017 | Malware, Petya / NotPetya, Ransomware, Wannacry
In May 2017, malware outbreak such as WannaCry and Petya / NotPetya infected both enterprises and individuals across the globe. All data on the infected system were encrypted and the demanded ransom was $300 for the decryption key. Within a day, this outbreak was...
by Mufeed Ubaid | Aug 5, 2017 | Malware, Ransomware
With the recent appearance of Fileless Code-Injecting SOREBRECT Ransomware, hackers have already started to spread out an Advanced Complete File-less Malware detected as “JS_POWMET”. This malware can evade the security control, like an Anti-Virus Software, and enter...
by Arun Thomas | Aug 1, 2017 | Ransomware, Wannacry
The first ever known ransomware was dubbed the AIDS Trojan that infected floppy diskettes. The diskettes that contained AIDS virus, counted the program number of times the computer rebooted. The AIDS Trojan cyber attackers demanded $189.00 to decrypt the files....
by Arun Thomas | Aug 1, 2017 | Ransomware
Ransomware malware encrypts the organization or individual data for extorting ransom amount from the victim. The malicious code is used by cybercriminals for launching data kidnapping or to lock the screen. Monetary extortion is the main motive of ransomware attacks....
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