Posts Tagged ‘population’

Finnish Website Attack via Rogue Ad

Dec

2012

Finland has a rather small population in which F-Secure has a relatively large market share. (Natch.) And every so often, something “big” will occur in such a way that Finland becomes a kind of statistical laboratory. Here’s a graph of malware detections (as in preventions) that occurred in Finland from November 24th to November 27th. […]

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Windows 8 Not Immune to Ransomware

Nov

2012

Cybercriminals have for some time now recognized that ransomware can be a highly profitable endeavor. This has led to a significant increase of different ransomware in the wild with no sign of it leaving the threat landscape anytime soon.So, how effective is ransomware on Windows 8 compared to other operating systems? To answer this question, […]

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Malware Charges a Fee for Free Apps on Google Play

May

2012

Android.Opfake is malware used to scam mobile device owners into paying a small fee for apps by sending out premium-rate SMS messages from Android devices. It has continued to grow and evolve into a threat that potentially affects a large population of Russian-speaking Android device owners. A quick Internet search will show over a hundred […]

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