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Ransomware: Extorting Money by Panic and Pressure

Dec

2012

We have blogged in the past about Ransomware being a growing menace and that ONE SHOULD NOT PAY RANSOM if affected. Ransomware has now raised its ugly head up once again. Writers of Trojan.Ransomlock.G (a.k.a. Reveton) have updated their locking screen to induce panic and to blackmail the user into paying ransom.Recently, blogger Kafeine found […]

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Facebook friend added a new photo of you? Beware spammed-out malware attack

Aug

2012

Computer users are being warned to be careful about opening unsolicited email attachments, after a malicious Trojan horse was spammed out posing as a Facebook notification that the recipient is featured in a newly uploaded photograph.The emails, which pretend to come from Facebook, look like the following (click here for a larger version of the […]

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As real estate market heats up, so do real estate phishing emails

Jul

2012

The real estate market in the United States is showing signs of heating up, and spammers are taking advantage of the increased activity by sending thousands and thousands of email phishing messages. Disguised as real estate listing notifications the messages are sent with the hope that harried home buyers, desperate for new properties, will unwittingly […]

Category General Written by The Barracuda Labs Internet Security Blog 0 Comments

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