Researchers have discovered a Linux variant of the KillDisk ransomware, which itself is a new addition to the KillDisk disk wiper malware family, previously used only to sabotage companies by randomly ...

A malware family previously used to sabotage computers by deleting and rewriting files has added a ransomware component, now encrypting files and demanding a huge ransom. Until now, the KillDisk ...

The KillDisk variant does not do what ransomware does. While it does encrypt files and display a ransom notice, it does not send any decryption key back to its source, so that the attacker can profit ...

ESET researchers have discovered a Linux variant of the KillDisk malware that was used in Ukraine in attacks against the country’s critical infrastructure in late 2015 and against a number of targets ...

A piece of malicious software called KillDisk, infamously known for wiping files on a hard drive and corrupting it afterwards, is now equipped with a ransomware component, giving it the ability to ...

In an ominous but unsurprising development, threat actors appear to have begun targeting industrial companies in ransomware campaigns. Security firm CyberX’s threat intelligence research team recently ...

A malicious program called KillDisk that has been used in the past to wipe data from computers during cyberespionage attacks is now encrypting files and asking for an unusually large ransom. KillDisk ...

A malicious program called KillDisk that has been used in the past to wipe data from computers during cyberespionage attacks is now encrypting files and asking for an unusually large ransom. KillDisk ...