Locky Ransomware in 2016  Ransomware has surged dramatically this year with the launch of a new variant called “Locky.” Delivered via massive malicious spam blasts (malspam), Locky represented 40% of all malware distributed worldwide during the first quarter of 2016. And as these attacks have become more sophisticated, attackers are

As CYREN’s GlobalView security cloud churns through billions of pieces of information every day, our researchers are busy examining how certain threats work in order to make the whole automated system continuously smarter. Certain threats we find represent marked “advances” in intrusion techniques. A deep dive on the mechanics of

New and old malware are showing increasing sophistication With as many as one million new malware threats being released each day, it comes as no surprise that many of these viruses are advanced and targeted. CYREN examined the various malware threats that appeared during 2015 and discovered some interesting trends,

2015 Statistics: Android, Phishing, Malware, Spam CYREN cyber intelligence powers the security solutions of over 200 of the largest IT and security technology providers in the world. As the security provider to the security industry, CYREN maintains the broadest and deepest real-time Internet threat database in the world and applies

Locky is a new form of ransomware which has made headlines by holding three hospitals’ data hostage recently and encrypts a broad range of document and media formats before displaying ransom screens to infected users with payment instructions. A typical decrypt ransom is around $200 per infected system, with the

Detection is NOT the New Prevention There is a false perception that sophisticated attacks are too difficult to prevent and the only alternative is detection. But detection is NOT the new prevention. Cybersecurity professionals must make it their mission to STOP attacks, not just become proficient at detecting them. It’s

In a spam campaign that we have been seeing at the end of the year, malware actors were sending out Courier Delivery Notification themed e-mails to lure users into falling prey to the infamous CryptoWall ransomware.  These attached zip files in these e-mails contained malicious javascript files, which were lamely

You might remember CYREN’s previous Cyber-Grinch and Cyber-Scrooge blog article from 2014… Tis the time of the year when this article’s content becomes relevant again!  The Scams of Christmas Past, Present, and Future In 2015, the cyber-criminals, alias Cyber-Grinch and Cyber-Scrooge are active and creative in their goal of making

Year of the Breach 2014 was called by many the “year of the breach”. Throughout the Asia Pacific region , high-profile cases hit the headlines. In Jan 2014, the personal data of 20 million South Koreans — or 40% of the country’s population — was stolen, sparking outrage as worried