Malware

A new ransomware variant written in Python and named CryPy has been uncovered by an Avast security researcher that while dangerous is also littered with flaws that make it less effective.

The bad actors behind a new malware contagion are exploiting the desperation of American college graduates looking for relief from their student debt.

Researchers have spotted a clever trojan designed to take advantage of both a person's vanity and new security verification methods now being introduced.

Blockchain.info, a popular Bitcoin wallet provider, was knocked offline for seven hours on Thursday after a domain name system (DNS) attack.

Despite a glut of research into new ransomware families, low-tech threats like phishing attacks and viruses pose a more prevalent threat to small businesses than ransomware.

SC Magazine UK went down to a Cyber-Rescue Alliance designed to teach CEOs how to respond to a breach when eventually, and inevitably happens.

Thousands of retailers have been hit by credit card detail stealing malware. They way the hackers got in? unpatched software flaws.

Brazil has emerged as a primary center of financially motivated e-crime threat activity.