Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ransomware that was able to take over control of a simulated water treatment plant. After gainin... Read more
Researchers develop a way to stop ransomware Ransomware – what hackers use to encrypt your computer files and demand money in exchange for freeing those contents – is an explodin... Read more
Experts predict that in 2013, mobile devices will become the next big target for ransomware. “Ransomware” may be a term you haven’t heard before. This type of criminal malw... Read more
Kidnappers used to make ransom notes with letters cut out of magazines. Now, notes simply pop up on your computer screen, except the hostage is your PC. In the past year, hundreds of thousan... Read more