figure 1 | DataProtectionCenter.com

Ransomware: How to Earn $33,000 Daily

08

Nov

2012

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that disables the functionality of a computer in some way and demands a ransom in order to restore the computer to its original state. Recent variants use law enforcement imagery to add legitimacy to the warning messages. The malware uses geo-location services to determine the location of the […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

Sandy Storms Inboxes

31

Oct

2012

Hurricane Sandy, one of the most devastating Superstorms in decades, hit the US East coast. Causing the loss of lives and businesses and leaving countless people without electricity, Sandy has now added spam to its list of misery. We are observing spam messages related to the hurricane flowing into Symantec Probe Networks. The top word […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

MSRT October ’12 – Nitol by the numbers

23

Oct

2012

As mentioned in our previous post, Microsoft’s study [PDF] behind Operation b70 found that PC consumers might be at risk of malware infection even with brand new computers, if the computers come pre-installed with counterfeit versions of Windows software. This is what happened to some consumers in China who purchased their computers from an untrusted supply chain. […]

Category General Written by Microsoft Malware Protection Center 0 Comments

The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘figure 1’

Ransomware: How to Earn $33,000 Daily

Sandy Storms Inboxes

MSRT October ’12 – Nitol by the numbers

Categories

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments

About Us

Contact Us