Malware

Researchers have spotted a sudden resurgence of the Windows-based ransomware CryptoLocker early this year, specifically identifying clusters of attacks targeting Italy, Dutch-speaking victims, and even the U.S.

A previously unseen malware is being blamed for an attack on a London hospital that forced the facility to shut down a segment of its systems for a few days as a precautionary measure.

The number of malicious installation packages found striking mobile devices more than tripled in 2016 resulting in almost 40 million attacks by malicious mobile malware during the year, according to Kaspersky Labs.

Researchers with Palo Alto Networks today reported finding 132 Android apps on Google Play whose HTML code was injected with hidden, malicious iframes, likely due to malware infecting a development platform used by the apps' creators.

Developers behind Dridex have launched a major new version of the banking trojan, one that employs a unique method for injecting malicious code based on a technique called AtomBombing. And UK banks already feel the heat.

Researchers searched for critical vulnerabilities in modern robots that have the potential to cause harm as we become more connected.

The Redmond (Ore.) school district reported that one of its workers fell for a phishing scam and emailed the W-2 forms for all district employees to an unauthorized person.

Preying on Russian businesses that rely on Remote Banking Systems, the cybercrime group RTM is using backdoor malware to first silently compromise systems, and then perform reconnaissance, swipe data and steal funds.