Malware

In a move to obfuscate network traffic more effectively, Locky ransomware developers recently upgraded the malware to communicate with its command and control server via both symmetric and asymmetric encryption.

PerezHilton.com, home to Hollywood and celebrity gossip news, has served up a new set of malicious ads to some of its half a million daily site visitors.

Torrent site's users received malware warnings.

Researchers at Cylance removed some of the mystery surrounding the new ransomware AlphaLocker after accessing its configuration files and subsequently pulling up its admin interface.

Researchers are warning WordPress website administrators of a malware attack, whereby adversaries inject code into the header.php file of a site's current WordPress theme, in order to redirect visitors to malicious domains.

A vigilante hacker turned the tables on a major Locky ransomware distributor, after hacking into its command and control server and swapping out the malicious payload with a script that contains the message "Stupid Locky."

Surprising no one, ransomware continues its relentless march into the systems of individuals and businesses despite our familiarity with the attack method and the best efforts of anti-malware products.