Two Apps on the Google Play store have been discovered to have been infected with a new strain of Ransomware Google has just removed two apps infected by a new strain of ransomware, LeakerLocker. The discovery was made by McAfee's mobile team. During their research they found that the ransomware did not encrypt users files, it locked their devices. Once locked a threat to send all of the users private data and messages to everyone in their contact list would appear on the scr

The ransomware known as "Petya" has been ravaging computer networks around the world On Tuesday morning reports of a ransomware known as "Petya" was encrypting computers beginning in Ukraine. It quickly spread throughout business and enterprise computer networks in different countries. Although we do not have all the answers for Peyta here is what is known so far. What is Petya? Petya is a type of malware known as ransomware. Machines infected by the ransomware have their fil

The first infections in Ukraine — more than 12,500 machines encountered the threat. - Microsoft The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CRET) has issued an alert of the ransomware Petya that is infecting computers around the world. Petya is a type of malware that is taking the world by storm by encrypting files and demanding a payment of bitcoins in order to restore the stolen files. A spokesperson from Microsoft has stated "We saw the first infections in Ukra

Around the globe firms are reporting they have been victims of a large scale cyber attack. British advertising agency WPP is just one of dozens of firms reporting of a possible breach of data. Firms in Ukraine were among the first to report of issues with a state power distributor and one of Kiev's main airports as being breached. "It appears to be a variant of a piece of ransomware that emerged last year. It was updated earlier in 2017 by the criminals when certain aspects w

Ransomware malware is appearing on computer networks around the globe but the origins currently remain unknown. This week one of the most severe ransomware attacks of 2017 wreaked havoc across the internet. Around the world compromised computers began displaying pop-up windows which informed that their files had been encrypted by a malware dubbed WannaCry. A payment of $300 in Bitcoins would have to be made or else the user risks losing their files permanently. The malware br