A British cybersecurity watchdog has issued a warning about new bitcoin ransomware attacks disguised as messages from several UK government agencies.
The FBI has received reports of more than $18m in losses in the past year stemming from the spread of bitcoin ransomware Cryptowall.
Kaspersky Lab has released a new tool to help free computer files 'held hostage' by bitcoin ransomware.
A bitcoin ransomware attack on a New Jersey school district has grown into a investigation involving multiple federal agencies.
Security firms McAfee and Symantec have issued warnings on CTB-Locker – bitcoin-demanding ransomware that is now being propagated via spam.
A new report into the effects of TorrentLocker malware has found that 98.55% of victims do not pay the bitcoin ransom.
A sheriff's office in Tennessee paid a $500 bitcoin ransom this week to secure thousands of sensitive files.
Council offices across Italy had their computer files encrypted by a 'ransomware' virus that is demanding payment in bitcoin.
Distributed denial-of-service attacks have posed an increasingly severe and frustrating problem for mining pools in recent weeks.
A curious new hybrid of bitcoin-mining malware and ransomware has been discovered infecting PCs.
The UK’s crime agency alerted people today after bitcoin ransomware scourge Cryptolocker swept the country.
Cybercriminals are infecting people's computers with malware then demanding a bitcoin ransom for the decryption key.