Ransomware

As cyberattacks are reported around the world, here is everything you need to know.

LAPD and FBI drafted in to investigate ransomware-style cyberattack at US hospital.

A ransomware Android app called Android.Lockdroid.E poses as a porn app before locking your phone.

Israel's Electricity Authority hit by ransomware attack that shut down computers for over two days.

Targeted and non-targeted malware are creeping into smart TVs with potentially frightening results.

Fake porn apps take photos of users and demand $500 as a 'fine' for watching child pornography

Users of WhatsApp Web on desktop computers need to update the app right away to avoid being hacked.

Zscaler has discovered mobile ransomware that takes secret photos of users, then locks down their phones

Onion Router alert as IBM warns of more ransomware attacks coming from Tor.

Cybercrime has evolved from basic worms to highly sophisticated, nation state-sponsored malware that is almost undetectable.

Hackers taking advantage of Windows 10 upgrade to spread ransomware to unsuspecting victims.

Criminals are using Yahoo's ad network to deliver malware to hundreds of millions of visitors

Less than two weeks after it was taken offline by the FBI, malware forum Darkode is back online promising increased security.

Hackers use images from hit TV show Breaking Bad to tell victims their computers have been encrypted.

The security arm of Alcatel-Lucent says Android devices are now favoured targets of cybercrime.

Attackers have hijacked AOL's ad network to silently serve malicious ransomware ads that lock PCs.

Cyber-attacks are increasing and we talk to the cyber-security experts about what to expect in 2015

The criminals behind the TorrentLocker managed to encrypt 30 million files in the UK but made no money

Major websites are infecting visitors with malware, earning cybercriminals up to $25,000 per day

Users across India reportedly face an increased threat of being exploited by Ransomware malware programs.

Researchers launch Decryptolocker, a free service to unlock files locked by Cryptolocker ransomware

Onion ransomware uses the anonymity provided by Tor and bitcoin to cover its creators' tracks

Two hackers behind a massive ransomware campaign against Apple customers in Australia have been arrested in Russia

A security firm discovers the first example of file-encrypting ransomware specifically targeting Android smartphones.

iPhone, iPad and Mac users are being held to ransom as a hacker remotely locks their devices and demands a ransom

Malware which locks down computer demanding payment to release files soon targeting Android devices

A man whose computer was infected with ransomware demanding payment of £13,000 or face jail decided to kill himself and his four-year-old son.

According to new research, the CryptoLocker malware has infected 250,000 PCs in just 100 days.

Ransomware programme Cryptolocker lowers the price victims must pay in wake of soaring bitcoin value.

Police paid $750 for two bitcoins to release files encrypted by the increasingly pervasive Cryptolocker ransomware.