WannaCry is still kicking and looking for its next victim, but it’s not quite the monster it was earlier this year. The worm-like ransomware remains active because so many unpatched Windows machines are still connected to internet, according to Kryptos Logic, the security firm that helped cripple the outbreak. The good news is that the new infections […]
5 Arrested for Spreading Ransomware in US, Europe
Investigators have arrested five suspected hackers for distributing the CTB Locker and Cerber ransomware strains across Europe and the US. Romanian police searched six homes and seized the computer hardware from the group, Europol announced on Wednesday. Three of the alleged hackers were charged with spreading CTB Locker, one of the largest ransomware families, according to security firm McAfee, […]