Malware

The newly discovered botnet malware Proteus serves an eclectic variety of functions, including mining digital currency, keylogging, checking infected machines for e-commerce merchant accounts, and dropping additional malware.

Cyber Monday, and those shopping later, need to beware of a malicious redirect spotted in Magento One Page Checkout that is after not only your wallet, but also your page views.

ESET security researchers have created and released a free decryption tool to help combat Crysis ransomware.

YouTube appears to be the latest host of cybercrime advertising, as researchers unveil that they've found criminals advertising phishing kits on the video hosting site.

San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency was caught with a HDDCryptor Ransomware infection over the weekend, leaving the agency unable to sell tickets or charge customers for transport, unless they pay the hackers demands of 100 Bitcoin.

Stampado ransomware was first spotted in the wild in July, but has spawned new variants capable of self propagating and re-encrypting files previously locked up by other ransomware, and all for a rock bottom price on the dark web.

The widespread and ever-evolving Cerber ransomware has upped its game as it targets enterprises with a new capability to encrypt database files.