Bitpaymer

Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction
It's nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. We hang on to these occasional victories because history tells us that most ...

Evil Corp’s WastedLocker Demanding Millions of Dollars for Decryption
What happens when one of the most prolific and infamous financially motivated cybercriminal organizations decides to develop a new ransomware strain? Unfortunately for us, this can be answered without conjecture or assumptions ...

Ransomware Strikes Computer Servers of Golfers’ Association
Digital attackers targeted the computer servers of a golfers’ association with ransomware and encrypted files stored on those assets. Staff at the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) discovered the attack on ...

Multi-vector ransomware attack shuts down Alaskan suburbs
BitPaymer ransomware, a component of Crypto Locker ransomware, infected the Borough of Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) and City of Valdez in Alaska, shutting down operations, according to the Anchorage Daily News. A detailed report ...