Security Boulevard

Emulating the Systematic LokiLocker Ransomware

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors of LokiLocker ransomware, a .NET based strain active since at least mid-August 2021. The malware combines defense evasion and ...
CSOonline

Ransomware operators might be dropping file encryption in favor of corrupting files

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed ...
HealthcareInfoSecurity

Ransomware: As Infostealers Bite, Prevention Beats Recovery

Online attackers are increasingly stealing data and holding it to ransom without encrypting files, doubling down on the use ...
Ars Technica

Does ransomware (encryption) damage a file the moment it's touched?

Couldn't figure out a better forum for this. Hopefully soon I'll have some money to buy a low-end NAS that I can use for backups which I can make a little safer than a connected USB drive, in terms of ...
ZDNet

This is how fast a ransomware attack encrypts all your files

It takes just five minutes for one of the most prolific forms of ransomware to encrypt 100,000 files, demonstrating how quickly ransomware can become a major cybersecurity crisis for the victim of an ...
Dark Reading

Here's How Fast Ransomware Encrypts Files

Forty-two minutes and 54 seconds: that's how quickly the median ransomware variant can encrypt and lock out a victim from 100,000 of their files. The data point came from Splunk's SURGe team, which ...
Becker's Hospital Review

New strain of Locky ransomware can encrypt files even when server is offline

Security researchers are warning of a new strain of the Locky ransomware — the malware responsible for crippling networks at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky., and King’s Daughters’ Health in ...
TechRound

Can Antivirus Software Detect And Remove Ransomware?

Even top-of-the-range antivirus software can’t restore encrypted data unless a certain decryption key has been developed for ...
Bleeping Computer

Beware: Onyx ransomware destroys files instead of encrypting them

A new Onyx ransomware operation is destroying files larger than 2MB instead of encrypting them, preventing those files from being decrypted even if a ransom is paid. Last week, security researcher ...
Security Boulevard

Emulating the Mutative BlackByte Ransomware

AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by BlackByte ransomware, a strain operated ...
TechRepublic

Ransomware makes use of intermittent encryption to bypass detection algorithms

Ransomware makes use of intermittent encryption to bypass detection algorithms Your email has been sent Most cybercriminals running ransomware operations are under the spotlight. Not only are they ...
Bleeping Computer

STOP Ransomware vaccine released to block encryption

German security software company G DATA has released a vaccine that will block STOP Ransomware from encrypting victims' files after infection. "This tool does not prevent the infection itself. STOP ...