Malware

Cybersecurity concerns hit the big time in 2016.

Ransomware attacks quadrupled in 2016 and will double again in 2017, according to a report from insurance provider Beazley.

Dr. Web researchers spotted a Linux trojan, dubbed Linux.Proxy.10 that has been used to infect thousands of Linux devices.

The CCTV cameras police in D.C. use to monitor public areas were shuttered for three days earlier this month when a cyberattack hit the system's network of recorders.

Only 52 percent of internet users who've lost money to cyber-criminals have only received some, or none, of their stolen funds back.

The downloader Terdot Zloader and its accompanying Zbot banking trojan payload abuse a legitimate certificate application to spy on users and modify web content via man-in-the-middle attacks against browsers, an in-depth code analysis shows.

A phishing email scam that warns PayPal users of possible fraudulent account activity in hopes of scaring personally identifiable information out of them is currently making the rounds.

Google will start blocking Gmails that contains .js or javascript file attachments, which are again being used by cybercriminals as a cover to deliver malware to the unwary.