Ransomware

This year alone, the FBI predicted that the total loss to ransomware will reach a whopping US$1 billion.

A quick rundown of some of the most notable ransomware news for the week

A new and surprisingly cheap ransomware called Stampado was recently found being sold in the Dark Web for $39 for a lifetime license.

Evidence of a ransomware infection has been uncovered from the systems of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology of the Rockies, P.C. (AAIR) in Colorado--adding it to the growing list of healthcare institutions preyed on by ransomware.

The financial numbers behind ransomware: the cost to buy and distribute the malware, how much cybercriminals earn from it, and how much damage it has done so far in 2016.

The ransomware landscape has been as active as ever in June. Here are some of the most notable ransomware families that made news in the past month.

A new ransomware dubbed Zepto has been found being distributed via a massive spam campaign.

Millions of Microsoft Office 365 users were found to have been exposed to a Cerber ransomware attack.

Simple but (still potentially) effective: A new ransomware called Bart locks files in password-protected ZIP archives instead of using advanced encryption.