Microsoft took to the offense this week against malware, specifically Bladabindi (NJrat) and Jenxcus (NJw0rm) family of malware. This was their third malware disruption since November's launch of the Microsoft Cybercrime Center. In their sights to try to shut down this malware was another U.S.-based company, No-IP, with parent company Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, … [Read more...]

We previously wrote about CryptoLocker, the trojan that encrypts your files and then holds the decryption key ransom, over six months ago. It and many variants have continued to harass and charge individuals and organizations. For those victims, McAfee made an exciting announcement yesterday. Law enforcement and the private sector, including McAfee, cooperated to dismantle the … [Read more...]