Linux systems aren’t targeted by hackers as often as Windows and iOS-based systems, but they’re certainly not immune.Recently, security researchers have discovered a new strain of malware developed by Chinese hackers, specifically for the purpose of...
If you’re still using Windows 7, you probably already know that Microsoft recently threw users of some of it’s older operating systems a bone when they issued a rare, emergency security patch designed to better protect their systems. Unfortunately,...
Dharma is a highly successful ransomware strain.It recently has been made even more successful by a change in the way the hackers controlling it are deploying it.The first part of their latest campaign remains unchanged. They rely on well-crafted phishing emails to...
There’s a new threat in the world of ransomware to be aware of, known as MegaCortex. Based on its design, it seems clear that the malware’s authors drew inspiration from the movie, ‘The Matrix.’It first made an appearance near the start of the...
The venerable banking Trojan known as Q-bot is back in the news, having recently been spotted in the wild as part of a sophisticated new phishing campaign designed to claim a new generation of victims.Q-bot is one of the oldest banking Trojans still in use, and has a...
According to FBI statistics, in 2013 there were 991 tracked incidents of ransomware attacks against business, resulting in losses slightly exceeding half a million dollars.The number of incidents steadily increased through 2016 when they reached 2,673 for the year,...
