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Ransomware
New-style ransomware locks out your customers - demands money to let them log back in
The crooks took a low-key, annoyingly simple, and hard-to-spot approach.
Change usernames like JIMMY to FKOVWH3Z7LUV, but hide the changes...for a while, anyway.
From Facebook, through iPhones and Androids, to Macs - make the safest start to 2015!
Are you looking to turn over a new security leaf yourself in 2015, or trying to convince your friends and family to do so?
Here are some great places to start...
12 Days competition: Day 7 - Was it Gameover for CryptoLocker?
Can you work out the answer to our question in Day 7 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition?
PayPal, prison and ransomware - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here's this week's 60 Second Security video...
The latest news presented in a fun way, all in just one minute.
Notes from SophosLabs: Ransomware with a difference - this one is a true virus!
SophosLabs recently drew our attention to some new ransomware that is both interesting and intriguing.
Unusually, this one is a true parasitic virus - it infects other files as well as scrambling them.
'Annie', 'Fury', other Sony blockbuster movies pirated after network attack
At least five new movies have been leaked online after Sony Pictures' computer systems were attacked last week.
5 online scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season is also an opportune time for cybercriminals, scam artists and conmen to gear up their activities.
Here are the top 5 online scams to watch out for...
Sophos Techknow - Dealing with Ransomware [PODCAST]
No type of malware seems to get people's blood boiling quite as much as ransomware.
Learn how to protect yourself in this episode of our Sophos Techknow podcast series...
GATSO! Speed camera phish leads to CryptoLocker ransomware clone...
Recently, we came across an intriguing phishing campaign that combines two feared products of the information age.
Gatsos (speed cameras) and ransomware, rolled into one attack!
Android "FBI Lock" malware - how to avoid paying the ransom
The latest "FBI Lock" Android ransomware reported by SophosLabs follows a familiar theme.
But it has a slight sting in the tail to make it trickier to remove, so we thought we'd take you through the steps...
SSCC 153: TrueCrypt, Towelroot, Cryptowall, and spam in Canada [PODCAST]
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin present this week's edition of the regular Sophos security podcast, the "Chet Chat."
In this episode: the TrueCrypt saga continues; the Towelroot software for unlocking Androids; ransomware after CryptoLocker; and Canada's long, long, long-awaited anti-spam law.
Privacy and iOS 8, USMS blunder and Cryptowall ransomware - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
One minute of fun with a serious side...
60 Second Security - 21 June 2014
What's next for ransomware? CryptoWall picks up where CryptoLocker left off
With many victims paying up, ransomware is a lucrative business for cybercrooks, and CryptoLocker has inspired copycats who want in on the loot.
John Zorabedian looks at ransomware that seems to be filling the void left by CryptoLocker's takedown last month...
Ransomware with a happy ending
Fortunately, not every cybercrook in the world is a good coder.
Let's hope it stays that way...
SSCC 151 - Measuring vulns, Apple and Wi-Fi privacy, Android ransomware and more [PODCAST]
It's our weekly security pocast!
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin dig into the latest security news for lessons we can all learn...
Ransom-taking iPhone hackers busted by Russian authorities
The mystery of the ransom messages from "Oleg Pliss," and the iDevice locking attack that popped up in Australia and the US last month, appears to have been solved.
Gameover and CryptoLocker revisited - the important lessons we can learn
Which is worse - Gameover or CryptoLocker?
What can we learn from the recent US-led takedown of this notorious crimeware?
More importantly, what advice should we be passing on to other people?
Mobile malware, Gameover, CryptoLocker, and SSL/TLS holes - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
How long has mobile malware been around? Is it really game over for Gameover and CryptoLocker? Which cryptographic security libraries need patching?
It'll only take a minute to find out...
CryptoLocker wannabe "Simplelocker" scrambles your files, holds your Android to ransom
"If the crooks keep copying Windows threats that were financially lucrative," you're thinking, "we'll soon see Android ransomware that doesn't just lock your device, but locks up your data instead, or as well."
Guess what?
SSCC 150 - TrueCrypt, Gameover, CryptoLocker and whither mobile malware? [PODCAST]
This week, Chet and Duck dig into the bafflement of the disappearing TrueCrypt encryption software: did it jump, or was it pushed?
They also look at the takedown of Gameover and CryptoLocker, and look into what we can learn from ten years of mobile malware.
