Malware

A Maryland state senator introduced legislation that would levy heavy prison sentences and large fines against those convicted of ransomware attacks.

A piece of malware, believed to have originated in Iran, was detected on the Apple computers of a phony website masquerading as a U.S. aerospace firm, as well as that of a human rights advocate.

An unknown actor whose targets and tactics resemble those of a Russian advanced persistent threat group has been compromising the websites of foreign embassies, ministries and organizations, in an attempt to infect certain site visitors with malware.

A former Carnegie Mellon student received a three-year probation and was ordered to perform 300 hours of community service following his participation in the Darkode cybercriminal marketplace.

Norway's Police Security Service has said several of that nation's government agencies have been hacked by a foreign intelligence group.

A U.S. citizen is suing the Ethiopian government for planting spyware on his personal computer and for illegal wiretapping.

Researchers have detected that Sage ransomware shares infrastructure with another already notorious malware, Locky.

SQL Slammer, a fast-moving worm that generated a wave of distributed denial of service attacks in 2013, mysteriously resumed high levels of activity in late 2016 after more than a decade of dormancy.