Normally, ransomware is pretty self-explanatory. The software holds your data ransom until you pony up some money to get your stuff back. One ransomware creator decided to get a bit more creative, though. Creator Tvple Eraser didn't want a high payday, he wanted a high score – and a laugh. Instead of holding your data hostage for money, Tvple Eraser's so-called Rensenware forces its...
Adobe has rolled out yet another emergency Flash Player update to address a critical flaw that could lead to ransomware attacks. Users are advised to install the update immediately on computers powered by Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Chrome OS. The APSB16-10 update, which was issued late last week, actually fixes 24 flaws in Flash Player in total — one of which (CVE-2016-1019) has...
Transmission, the popular torrent client for Mac, has been infected by the first ransomware to hit OS X users. The malicious code was distributed with a version 2.90 update, but there is an easy way to remove it. Despite its popularity, Transmission went without an update for several years. That changed last week when its developers announced version 2.90 with support for the latest...