The TeslaCrypt family of ransomware encryptors is a relatively new threat: its samples were first detected in February 2015. Kaspersky Lab recently discovered the latest version of the Trojan – Tesla Crypt 2.0.
This version is different from previous ones in that it uses a significantly improved encryption scheme, which means that it is …
Simplocker Android malware, New strain of criminal software asks for payment to unlock files on SD cards, but is so far confined to Ukrainian region
Simplocker is targeting Android owners in the Ukraine. Photograph: ESET
A fresh strain of criminal software has been discovered encrypting the data of Android smartphone owners, then demanding payment to unlock it.
The Simplocker ransomware …
Gameover Zeus software? Virus could be lying dormant in thousands of American computers
Up to one million computers worldwide have been infected by ‘Gameover Zeus’
The software can lie dormant on computers before draining accounts
Thousands of American computers may be infected with the malware, which is extremely sophisticated and can evade anti-virus software
An international police effort has halted …