Malware

The volume of ransomware attacks in 2017 increased dramatically, but almost all of this growth was due to the appearance of WannaCry, a new report states.

Researchers have discovered a versatile cryptominer worm that propagates itself by exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft's SMBv1 server, Oracle's WebLogic Server and Apache Struts, as well as by brute force attacking Microsoft SQL servers.

Because many antivirus programs don't flag the malware as of concern, it's largely able to do its dirty work without detection.

A nearly discovered ransomware program drops its malicious payload alongside the perfectly legitimate AnyDesk remote desktop tool, possibly as a means to evade detection, according to researchers.

A group called the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center has created an interactive incident map that shows all of the school districts in the U.S. that have been affected by a cyberattack since 2016.

A previously unidentified malicious remote access tool (RAT) primarily targeting Indian organizations uses seven different techniques for sniffing out researchers' virtual machines and sandbox environments, including taking the temperature of an infected computer.

A Michigan man was sentenced to 87 months behind bars for illegally accessing a county government computer in an attempt to spring a county jail inmate early.