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In ransomware, as in any profitable business, there is a constant struggle to compete in the marketplace. Ransomware, the strain of malware which crypto locks a victim’s hard drive until the [...]

Yahoo announces that data from as many as 500 million user accounts were stolen in a breach during 2014. The data breach poses many problems for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to close [...]

Not all hackers are created equal. The terms ‘hacker’ and ‘cyber criminal’ seem to be used interchangeably in online media which is both misleading and reductive. A cybercriminal uses online [...]

How would you feel if you opened your computer to find it had been locked with a ransom note demanding cash immediately? Ransomware is the most common online threat of 2016, making up a huge [...]

Cybercrime has existed for as long as the internet has. However, 2016 has well and truly been the year of ransomware. New ransomware families are popping up weekly and the Emsisoft Malware Lab [...]

A dropbox security breach that occurred in 2012 is now affecting millions of users as passwords and login information appear for sale online. A 5GB document reported by a Motherboard [...]

Here at Emsisoft, we know that ransomware is now the most consistently problematic type of malware to effect internet capable devices and businesses. As a security software vendor you might [...]

Life support machines can be the difference between the recovery of a patient and the loss of a life. Imagine the implications of a poorly coded worm causing a respirator to turn on and off [...]

BleepingComputer has long been working on helping users effected by CryptXXX Ransomware. This week, they published an article uncovering a bug on the CryptXXX ransomware’s payment server where [...]

Pokemon GO took the world by storm over one weekend. Clusters of teens and adults alike are sweeping the streets nabbing animated creatures with their mobile phones. With access to your clock and [...]