MalwareMassachusetts police department pays $500 following ransomware infectionAdam GreenbergApril 6, 2015The town of Tewksbury paid a $500 Bitcoin ransom after the police department's network was infected with a newer variant of CryptoLocker ransomware.
Malware‘NewPosThings’ malware evolves, malicious traffic traced to airportsDanielle WalkerApril 3, 2015Trend Micro believes that point-of-sale malware attackers will increasingly target travelers.
Compliance ManagementCheck Point to acquire mobile security company LacoonRobert AbelApril 3, 2015Check Point Software Technologies announced its intentions to acquire mobile security company Lacoon.
Threat ManagementFake Pirate Bay site pushes Nuclear Exploit Kit, distributes trojansRobert AbelApril 3, 2015A copy-cat Pirate Bay site is targeting attacks against WordPress users and injecting them with malware.
BreachMalware affects 4,700 current and former Bradley employeesRobert AbelApril 1, 2015Officials at Bradley University said an internal investigation revealed the school's computer security system had been breached and infected with data-stealing malware.
Incident ResponseFake voice chat tool spread on Steam is actually malware, researchers warnDanielle WalkerApril 1, 2015Similar to previous attacks, saboteurs spread the malware by leveraging Steam's chat feature.
MalwareBromium vSentryPeter StephensonApril 1, 2015This tool may have solved the problem of defending against sophisticated malware.
Threat IntelligencePuush urges users to change passwords after cyber attackRobert AbelMarch 30, 2015The screen sharing platform Puush was hit by a cyber attack this weekend that injected malware into the server.
