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Ransomware: Extorting Money by Panic and Pressure

25

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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Evading Malware Researchers: Shylock’s New Trick

28

Nov

2012

Shylock is a financial malware platform discovered by Trusteer in 2011. Like most malware strains, Shylock continues to evolve in order to bypass new defensive technologies put in place by financial institutions and enterprises. While analyzing a recent Shylock dropper we noticed a new trick it uses to evade detection. Namely, it can identify and […]

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Need Your Help with Libyan Treasures

29

Aug

2011

Scammers love to feast on human weakness. This time they aim to exploit human ‘need and greed’ to its optimum best. Using recent news is quite common in spam. For example the Libyan uprising, with its rise and fall of Gaddafi, has left a large vacuum with money that is entrapped in the cross fire. […]

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