Mar 28, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows
IT has received reports of a new ransomware program being distributed to victims via Word attachments in phishing emails. The program is written in Windows PowerShell and executed by macros when a victim opens the Word attachment. These Word documents are often...
Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s new ransomware out there. Russian-made VaultCrypt has apparently been out in the wild since February, but just crossed into the US and Canada last week: Original report from March 17:...
Oct 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last year, University of Delaware Information Technologies (IT) reported that CryptoLocker, a form of ransomware, had infected computers on campus. In a recent UDaily article, UD IT confirms that a newer form of ransomware, CryptoWall, has appeared on campus. So far,...
Jun 9, 2014 | Android, Mobile
An article has been posted to Mashable summarizing reports that came in over late last week from several sources that Ransomware has begun appearing on Android phones in Russia and the Ukraine. Called Simplelocker, it comes as a "trojan payload" with a...
