by CIRT Team
Calling Artificial Intelligence to Counter Ransomware Attacks [securityaffairs]
The progression in Artificial Intelligence have incited intense debate worldwide, some experts are calling AI to counter malware attacks In a short span of six weeks, the world was hit twice by major ransomware attacks — malicious software that seizes the data stored on your computer systems and would only release it to you upon receiving ransom money.
by CIRT Team
LeakerLocker Ransomware Found in Two Apps on the Google Play Store [bleepingcomputer]
Google has removed two apps that contained a new strain of ransomware named LeakerLocker. Discovered by security researchers from McAfee’s mobile division, the ransomware didn’t encrypt users’ files, but only locked their device and threatened to send the user’s private data to friends from his contact list.
