The little snippet of Python code strikes fast and nasty, taking less than three hours to complete a ransomware attack from initial breach to encryption. Researchers have discovered a new Python ...
A new ransomware has been discovered by AVG malware analyst @JakubKroustek called HolyCrypt. This ransomware is written in Python and compiled into a Windows executable using PyInstaller. This allows ...
A new ransomware was discovered that is written in Python and targets the Zimbra enterprise collaboration software. Reported by one of our visitors, this ransomware targets the Zimbra email message ...
A suspicious Visual Studio Code extension with file-encrypting and data-stealing behavior successfully bypassed marketplace ...
A malicious extension was published on Microsoft’s official VS Code marketplace, and was able to remain there for some time ...
Threat researchers at Sophos have identified a new strain of unusually fast-acting ransomware written in the Python programming language that has targeted VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines (VMs ...
One problem with running a ransomware operation along the lines of a regular business is that disgruntled employees may want to sabotage the operation over some perceived injustice. That appears to ...
Security researchers are warning that a new wave of LockBit ransomware variants is in the wild following a leak of the source code used by the prolific ransomware gang last year. First emerging in ...
The Russian-linked cyber crime gang associated with carrying out a major ransomware attack against a software company used a code that avoids targeting systems that use Russian and other former Soviet ...