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A new  “ransomware” campaign uses a novel approach to extort money from Internet users. It locks your computer and displays a localized webpage that covers your desktop and demands the payment of a fine for the possession of banned material.The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware:<startup folder>\<random file name>.dll.lnk<startup folder>\<random file […]

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Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This month the vendor is releasing seven bulletins covering a total of 12 vulnerabilities. Ten of this month’s issues are rated ‘Critical’.As always, customers are advised to follow these security best practices: Install vendor patches as soon as they are available. Run all software […]

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Recently, we’ve started to see the BlackHole Exploit Kit (BHEK) using plain HTML files (instead of iframes) as redirectors to the exploit page.The content of the HTML file will usually be a page displaying a “loading” or “please wait” or “connecting to server” type of message, with background JavaScript which will redirect the victim to […]

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