Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued an “urgent alert” to computer users about the threat posed by the CryptoLocker malware. The NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit has warned that online ...

Info: The original CryptoLocker infection was disabled on June 2nd, 2014 when Operation Gameover took down its distribution network. Since then there have been numerous ransomware infections that have ...

Dell SecureWorks estimates that CryptoLocker has infected 250,000 victims. The average payout is $300 each, and millions in laundered Bitcoin have been tracked and traced to the ransomware's money ...

Cryptolocker is making headlines for encrypting data and holding it ransom, but leaving some victims in the lurch despite paying out to regain access to their files. It uses strong encryption, making ...

Ransomware has adapted over the years, becoming more difficult to thwart. “Malware that encrypts your data and tries to sell it back to you, or else, is not new,” noted Paul Ducklin, a researcher at ...

People want to spend, goes a popular maxim in sales, all you have to do is remove any barriers that might prevent them from doing so. That principle tends to be applied to the sale of fancy knives or ...

There’s a big threat wiling around on the Internet right now: A particularly nasty piece of ransomware called Cryptolocker. Many, many organizations are being infected with this malware, but ...