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Windows 8 Not Immune to Ransomware

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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, […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

Multi-Language Ransomware Mentions Police to Enforce Payment

14

Nov

2012

When it comes to innovation, cyber-criminals have no borders, or that’s what we believe after analyzing this piece of multi-language malware detected as Trojan.Ransom.IcePol.

Category General Written by Bitdefender Labs 0 Comments

Ransomware is Nasty Stuff

10

Nov

2012

A day or two ago, our friends at Symantec released a blog post about the growing success of "ransomware". (They also have a whitepaper here, and a nice gallery of screenshots of several variations here.) Briefly, ransomware is malware that either locks up a computer, or encrypts data files, and then offers to restore access […]

Category Security Written by Blue Coat 0 Comments

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