Malware

A new ransomware attack has reportedly hit Arenas Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based film company tailored to Hispanic audiences worldwide.

A rapidly evolving ransomware family called DeriaLock made its ignominious debut over the 2016 holidays, but researchers quickly created decryptor software to rescue the files of those unlucky enough to receive this unwanted "gift."

Mobile malware was spotted targeting WhatsApp users in India through messages claiming to be from government agencies.

The utility company said that there was "no indication of compromise to customer information or to the security of our system" and noted it routinely evaluated its systems to uncover vulnerabilities.

President Obama today announced a wide-ranging response to Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The KillDisk disk-wiper program that was used in conjunction with BlackEnergy malware to attack Ukrainian energy utilities now includes a ransomware component, according to researchers at CyberX.

A newly discovered Android trojan can sabotage entire Wi-Fi networks and the users who connect to them by accessing the router that an infected device is communicating with and executing a Domain Name System hijack attack.

The Leet Botnet may have wrested the 2016 crown as most powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack from Mirai with a 650 Gigabit per second (Gbps) attack launched early last week.