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Locky Gets Updated to ‘Ykcol’, Part of Rapid-Fire Spam Campaigns

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Oct

2017

Cybercriminals behind the Locky ransomware have revamped the malware’s code three times in 30-day period and blasted out massive spam campaigns. According to researchers at Trustwave, the latest variant of Locky ransomware is called Ykcol (that’s Locky spelled backwards) and was part of a Sept. 19 spam blast targeting 3 million inboxes within a three-hour […]

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New Locky Variant ‘IKARUSdilapidated’ Strikes Again

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Aug

2017

A second wave of the Locky ransomware variant called IKARUSdilapidated has been identified by security experts. The source of the ransomware is a botnet of zombie computers coordinated to launch phishing attacks that send emails and attachments appearing to come from a targeted recipient’s trusted business-class multifunction printer. Read More

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Locky Targets OPM Breach Victims

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Nov

2016

A phishing campaign pushing Locky ransomware is targeting some of the 22 million victims of the massive United States Office of Personnel Management breaches of 2014 and 2015. According to researchers at PhishMe Intelligence, the campaign involves attackers impersonating OPM representatives who are targeting government contractors and workers that have had personal information stolen from […]

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