It’s no secret that 2016 was the ‘Year of Ransomware.’ While we don’t know for certain what 2017 holds, could it be the ‘Year of Ransomware-As-A-Service?’ Over the last two weeks, two…

Spora, the Russian word for ‘spore’ is a new family of ransomware that appeared yesterday (Jan. 11). Spora is being compared to Locky and Cerber variants that were the most successful versions of…

The number one ransomware attack from 2016, Cerber, has been definitively tied back to Russian ransomware-as-a-service developers. It has been confirmed that Cerber is a Russian-based ransomware as…

Last year I wrote an article after I received an email that was intended to go to our Human Resources department. I noticed some red flags in the email and was able to conclude that it was a phishing…

2016 was an extremely busy year for cybercriminals. Between all of the data breaches that occurred, there were nearly 2 billion accounts compromised. In this article, we will review the ‘Top 5 Data…

December was an extremely busy month for cybercriminals as several new versions of ransomware were released. The holiday season increases Internet traffic to 50% of the world’s population using the…

We recently reported about Android banking Trojans including ransomware in their arsenal. Now, Android ransomware has turned to infecting LG Smart TVs. Security firms have been warning users for more…

Contrary to popular belief, Black Friday is not the busiest shopping day of the year. In fact, it is the third busiest, ranking behind Super Saturday and the day after Christmas. Super Saturday is…

The newest generation of banking Trojans is now equipped with ransomware, creating a hybrid malware. The primary function of banking Trojans is still to collect login credentials for banking portals…