[ad_1] A hacker has been using links to a porn app to trick users into installing a new Android ransomware strain. The ransomware, dubbed “Android/Filecoder.C” has been circulating over on Reddit and the XDA Developers forum, according to Luka Stefanko, a researcher with antivirus firm ESET. The hacker behind the malicious code has been posting […]
[ad_1] (ROB ENGELAAR/AFP/Getty Images) A New York City-based college has been hit with a ransomware attack, and hackers are demanding the school pay roughly $2 million in bitcoin to free the infected computers. The attack struck Monroe College on Wednesday morning, causing its main website and email system to go down, according to The New […]
[ad_1] UPDATE 6/21/19: For now, the city isn’t providing any updates on whether the hackers released the encrypted data, a spokeswoman for Riviera Beach told PCMag. Original story: A city in Florida has decided to pay $600,000 to the hackers behind a ransomware attack that’s locked down the local government’s data. On Monday, the city […]
[ad_1] (Photo credit should read Rob Engelaar/AFP/Getty Images) Be careful around companies that charge to recover a computer from a ransomware attack. A sting operation has uncovered evidence that one such ransomware recovery provider in the UK has simply been paying off the hackers to release the computers — and then charging clients to pay […]
[ad_1] A second Florida city is giving in to the hackers behind a ransomware attack, offering them $500,000 to free its computers. On Monday, Lake City authorized its insurer to send the hackers 42 bitcoins, according to The Gainesville Sun. The city itself will only pay a $10,000 deductible on its insurance policy, while the […]