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Police Ransomware Bears Fake Digital Signature

23

Nov

2012

Ransomware has become major concern among users, particularly those variants that mimic law enforcement agencies like the FBI (known as police ransomware). Certain features have also been incorporated into the threat recently, such as an audio file and just now, fake digital certificates.We encountered two samples bearing the same fake digital signature, which Trend Micro […]

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Suspected Anonymous hacker arrested after abortion website attack

09

Mar

2012

In the early hours of this morning, police arrested a 27-year-old man, suspected of defacing and hacking into the website of Britain’s largest single abortion provider. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) website was compromised yesterday, with a message from a hacker calling themselves “Pablo Escobar”, and linking themselves to the Anonymous hacktivist group. For […]

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Hacker who bypassed Facebook security pleads guilty

14

Dec

2011

A British student has pleaded guilty to charges that he breached security at Facebook earlier his year, despite arguing that his intentions were not malicious. York student Glenn Steven Mangham, 26, attempted to bypass security on the company’s internal systems, raising alarm amongst the FBI that industrial espionage was occurring, according to media reports. Mangham, […]

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