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Browlock Ransomware Targets New Countries

15

Aug

2013

In the past few weeks we have been following the relatively new “police ransomware” family we call Trojan:HTML/Browlock. This ransomware is very simple, and just uses the browser to display a lock screen demanding the victim to pay a fake fine and plays tricks to prevent closing the browser tab.Since we first saw it targeting […]

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Tor Anonymity Comes Under Attack

06

Aug

2013

On August 4, websites hosted by Freedom Hosting, a service provider that offers anonymous hosting through the Tor network, began to host malicious scripts. This follows media reports from August 3 about US authorities seeking the extradition of the man believed to be the head of Freedom Hosting. The scripts that were found take advantage […]

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Zendesk “An important notice about security” spam / vagh.ru / pillshighest.com

22

Mar

2013

This unusual spam leads to a fake pharma site on pillshighest.com via vagh.ru and an intermediate hacked site.Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:52:08 -0700From: Support Team [pinbot@schwegler.com]To: [redacted]Subject: An important notice about securityWe recently learned that the vendor we use to answer support requests and other emails (Zendesk) experienced a security […]

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