CTB-Locker, otherwise known as Critroni, is a Windows ransomware that saw wide distribution in the summer of 2014 and slowly decreased in distribution. This is a big month for CTB Locker as they have ...
The holidays are upon us and that means even ransomware developers are taking some time off. This showed this week with very few ransomware infections being released and for the most part we have only ...
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Researchers are calling the latest variant of CTB-Locker “CTB-Locker for Websites” because it targets websites, encrypt their content, and demands a 0.4 bitcoin ($425) ransom for access to the ...
A new malicious program that encrypts files on Web servers has affected at least 100 websites over the past few weeks, signaling a new trend in ransomware development. The program, which is written in ...
Five individuals have been arrested as part of an investigation into two major ransomware families - CTB-Locker and Cerber - that spread across Europe and the U.S. in recent years. All suspects were ...
Romanian authorities have arrested three suspects for spreading a form of ransomware called Curve-Tor-Bitcoin Locker (CTB-Locker) throughout Europe. Two members of the same criminal group have been ...
A fresh strain of ransomware called CTB-Locker has popped up online, and it encrypts WordPress websites rather than users’ computers. So far more than 100 sites have been affected. The ransomware, ...
Ransomware authors are using the bitcoin blockchain, which serves as the cryptocurrency’s public transaction ledger, to deliver decryption keys to victims. The technique, which removes the burden of ...
Spam messages spoofing Microsoft and promising a free Windows 10 upgrade instead drop the CTB-Locker crypto-ransomware on compromised machines. In the week since a free upgrade to Windows 10 was made ...
A new malicious program that encrypts files on Web servers has affected at least 100 websites over the past few weeks, signaling a new trend in ransomware development. The program, which is written in ...