Ransomware

Ransomware is a type of malware from cryptovirology that threatens to publish the victim's data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid

India was the 5th most affected country by WannaCry ransomware, said a report from cybersecurity vendor F-Secure. The report said that ransomware attacks grew in volume by over 400 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year.

Based on past attacks, Quant Loader is a trojan that typically distributes malware such as ransomware and password stealers.

According to cybersecurity firm Sophos recent report, healthcare sector was most impacted by ransomware attack across globe and same of the case with India.

Cybersecurity firm Sophos announced the availability of Intercept X with malware detection powered by advanced deep learning neural networks.

Ransomware suppliers are making annual incomes of over $100,000 selling crimeware as a service (CaaS) software. Those purchasing it are making that much and more themselves.

Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has appointed Stephan Neumeier as Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific effective May 29, 2017

Kaspersky Lab will provide IT forensics and incident response services to AGCS cyber insurance customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The Cerber family of ransomware has adopted a new technique to make itself harder to detect, using a new loader that is designed to evade detection by machine learning solutions.