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May

2013

The past year has been one of expansion for ransomware. Throughout 2012 an increasing number of blogs, tutorials and discussion forums were written to help people gain access to ransomware-locked computers without paying the ransom. The authors of Reveton ransomware are aware that the persistence of their malware on a system is not only narrowed by […]

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Police Ransomware Trojan Morphs, Spreads

04

Apr

2013

The Trojan.Icepol e-threat (that we’ve covered here before) is still alive and very much kicking. In fact, according to Bitdefender antimalware researcher Razvan Benchea, its developers are kicking out version after version, at rapid pace, in a (somewhat misguided) attempt to stay ahead of antivirus solutions. Bitdefender is keeping pace though, so (courtesy of the […]

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A New Exploit Kit in Neutrino

12

Mar

2013

Robust and stealthier toolkits are predicted to emerge this year. This was first seen when the WhiteHole Exploit Kit appeared in the threat landscape. It took advantage of several vulnerabilities including the infamous CVE-2013-0422.Additionally, there have been reports of another new exploit kit called “Neutrino” being sold in the underground. The exploit, which we detects […]

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