Cryptolocker has gained a new capability – ability to spread over USB drives – thereby increasing its attack surface and adding to the worries of security researcher and security companies. According to…
Tag: Ransomware
Cryptolocker wreaking havoc in UK with nearly 250,000 infections
A security company has revealed that Cryptolocker may have managed to infect anywhere between 200,000 to 250,000 infections and could have collected over $980,000 in Bitcoins. Dell SecureWorks’s counter-threat unit (CTU) research…
At least 150 hit by Cryptolocker in the UK
Cryptolocker has hit a reported 157 Britons according to a latest report by UK’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). The NFIB said in a blog post that it has received 157 reports…
138 Cryptolocker C&C domains identified, taken down
Cryptolocker has been menacing gullible users, encrypting their files and demanding ransom in lieu of a private decryption key. Users and even law enforcement agencies have been succumbing to the demands and…
Cryptolocker ransomware scammers offering discounts as Bitcoin prices soar
Cryptolocker has been making the headlines lately after National Cyber Crime Unit of UK warned of a large spam attack involving the ransomware and more recently because Swansea Massachusetts police department in…
US police department gives in on Cryptolocker ransom demand; shells out £470
Swansea Massachusetts police department, in a bid to get back all the data locked away by the Cryptolocker, shelled out $750 to buy two bitcoins and pay the ransom demand by criminals….
National Cyber Crime Unit: UK under huge ransomware spam attack
The newly formed National Cyber Crime Unit of the UK has sent out an alert stating that millions of Britons are at the receiving end of a huge ransomware spam attack appearing…