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Anonymous ransomware – but who is hiding behind this malware’s mask?

02

Nov

2012

Here’s an interesting twist of the Reveton/FBI/police ransomware that has been plaguing internet users lately.In this example, the malware that locks you out of your data, and demands ?100 be paid via Ukash to gain access back to your files, claims to be from the Anonymous hacktivist group.Part of the message reads: We are Anonymous. […]

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“Your Apple ID has been disabled” phish

31

Oct

2012

I’ve never seen one quite like this before, although it’s not the first time I’ve seen Apple-themed scam email (this one, for example). From: Apple no_reply@macapple.comReply-To: no_reply@macapple.comDate: 31 October 2012 06:08Subject: Your Apple ID has been disabled Apple ID Support Dear [redacted] , This Apple ID has been disabled! For your protection, your Apple ID […]

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Work-at-home Scammers Target Brazil with Spamnet

05

Oct

2012

Background: Spamnet Tracking A year or so ago, as we were talking about malnets one day, it occurred to us that there was probably a lot of similarity between the networks run by the Bad Guys to infect victims with malware, and the networks used by spammers to run their spam campaigns. In fact, we […]

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