Malware

Death Eaters, or perhaps just bad guys, with a taste for the Harry Potters franchise have unleashed a new strain of ransomware they've dubbed Voldemort, named for the villain of the book and movie series.

A large-scale email campaign was spotted distributing a new ransomware variant called MarsJoke.

In a settlement, the hotel chain operated by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will fork over $500K in fines and improve the security of its computer network.

One of the techniques malware can use to evade researchers' virtualized or sandbox environments is accessing recent documents to determine if the infected machine has a history of legitimate usage.

The threat actors behind Locky ransomware have kept busy this year by steadily altering the types of attachments included in the spam campaigns used to spread the malware, all in order to stay one step ahead of their victim's defenses.

A user at an enterprise organization accesses a malicious website every five seconds, according to research published by CheckPoint.

Executives at Combe Incorporated may have sprung a few new gray hairs after learning that the website for its Just for Men brand of hair coloring products was compromised to serve up malware.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) published a framework technical report to help organizations balance the safety and reliability needs of industrial operations.