10月中旬，一种新的恶意软件悄悄登陆了英格兰一家小型企业的其中一台电脑，并威胁说要对其大部分文件进行永久加密，然后它真的这样做了。 IT管理员大卫（David）从来没听说过Ceyptolocker。那天早上，当他走进办公室，看到电脑屏幕上带有倒计时显示的奇怪弹 ...

It was mid-October when a new form of malware quietly found its way onto one of the computers of a small business in England, threatened to permanently encrypt most of its files, and then did just ...

There’s a big threat wiling around on the Internet right now: A particularly nasty piece of ransomware called Cryptolocker. Many, many organizations are being infected with this malware, but ...

Cryptolocker is making headlines for encrypting data and holding it ransom, but leaving some victims in the lurch despite paying out to regain access to their files. It uses strong encryption, making ...

Last week’s article about how to prevent CryptoLocker ransomware attacks generated quite a bit of feedback and lots of questions from readers. For some answers — and since the malware itself has ...

A new spam wave posing as emailed fax messages is delivering a malware downloader that fetches and installs a ransomware family known as PClock, a CryptoLocker clone ...

Cybercriminals are spreading a new file-encrypting ransomware program that’s more powerful and resilient than Cryptolocker, a threat recently shut down by the U.S. Department of Justice. The new ...

A new variant of CryptoLocker which targets gamers has been discovered in the wild. On Thursday, Bromium Labs security researchers revealed the existence of new crypto-ransomware which is targeting ...

The soaring value of bitcoins has prompted an update in CryptoLocker, the malware that encrypts the contents of victims' entire hard drives until they pay a ransom. As Ars reported in September, ...