‘Oleg Pliss’ Holds Australian Apple Devices For Ransom: Hacker Demands $100 To Unlock Hacked iPhones, iPads And Mac Computers
This may shatter some Apple users' beliefs that their devices are immune from malicious hackers and malware.
CryptoLocker Virus: Swansea, Mass Police Pay $750 Bitcoin Ransom To Retrieve Files
A local police force in Swansea, Mass., recently had to pay $750 in Bitcoins to recover images and documents encrypted by CryptoLocker.
CryptoLocker Virus Infects 12,000 Computers In One Week: How Hackers Are Avoiding Detection
A study found that the CryptoLocker virus is targeting the US and infected more than 12,000 computers in just one week. Here's how the hackers are avoiding detection.
CryptoLocker Virus: New Malware Holds Computers For Ransom, Demands $300 Within 100 Hours And Threatens To Encrypt Hard Drive
A dangerous new walware threatens to forever deny the user access to his or her files unless a ransom in bitcoins is paid to the hacker within 100 hours.
Man Tricked By FBI Ransomware: Jay Riley Turns Self Into Police For Child Porn Possession [PHOTO]
A Woodbridge, Va., man turned himself into the police after computer malware tricked him into thinking there was a warrant out for his arrest for possessing child pornography.
Malware To Combat Piracy? Entertainment Industry Proposes Drastic Measures
To combat online piracy, the entertainment industry has proposed using malware to track illegal content.
Android Flaw Behind Phishing and Pop-ups Exposed
Researchers have found a flaw in Android, which can be exploited for stealing data via phishing or for sending irritating pop up adverts.
Learning The Top 10 Computer Attack Terms
Smishing, Botnet , BlueBugging, Pod Slurping, Ransomware, Scareware, Sidejacking, Black Hat, White Hat and RATs -- this is the vocabulary of hackers -- and useful for users to understand.