All CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware victims can now recover their files for free
If your computer was infected with the CoinVault or Bitcryptor ransomware programs you’re in luck — at least compared to other ransomware victims. Chances …
Russia’s Kaspersky threatened to ‘rub out’ rival, email shows
In 2009, Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder of one of the world’s top security companies, told some of his lieutenants that they should attack rival antivirus …
New Snowden documents reveal the NSA targeted one of the world’s biggest security companies
Newly unearthed documents obtained by The Intercept indicate that the National Security Agency (NSA) as well as the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have …
BitDefender, Kaspersky top list of best Windows 8.1 antivirus software
In sales, they say that you’re only as good as your last month’s figures. Ditto for antivirus software. And right now, BitDefender, Kaspersky, and …
New smoking gun further ties NSA to omnipotent “Equation Group” hackers
Researchers from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab have uncovered more evidence tying the US National Security Agency to a nearly omnipotent group of hackers who operated …
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware
In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card or …
The NSA’s Undetectable Hard Drive Hack Was First Demonstrated a Year Ago
News broke earlier this week about the NSA’s “most sophisticated” malware yet: An undetectable backdoor that can filter information to and from a hard …
How “omnipotent” hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years—and were found at last
In 2009, one or more prestigious researchers received a CD by mail that contained pictures and other materials from a recent scientific conference they …
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