The WannaCry Outbreak: Back in May this year a ransomware outbreak, used weaknesses in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to spread further and faster than any before. The ransomware, also known as “WanaCryt0r”, “WeCry”, “WanaCrypt” or “WeCrypt0r”, used a...
The WannaCry Outbreak: Back in May this year a ransomware outbreak, used weaknesses in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to spread further and faster than any before. The ransomware, also known as “WanaCryt0r”, “WeCry”, “WanaCrypt” or “WeCrypt0r”, used a...
Ransomware that’s 100% pure JavaScript, no download required SophosLabs just alerted us to an intriguing new ransomware sample dubbed RAA. This one is blocked by Sophos as JS/Ransom-DDL, and even though it’s not widespread, it’s an interesting development in the...
Ransomware that’s 100% pure JavaScript, no download required SophosLabs just alerted us to an intriguing new ransomware sample dubbed RAA. This one is blocked by Sophos as JS/Ransom-DDL, and even though it’s not widespread, it’s an interesting development in the...