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 […]
Yes, it does. And depending on where you are located, it can even speak in your mother tongue.As discussed in our paper Police Ransomware Update, the people behind police Trojan/Ransomware have implemented improvements to make this threat more effective. Gone are the days when ransomware simply showed a message that users’ systems are “captured” and […]
Here’s a Spanish language Facebook scam about the “World’s richest man” giving away thousand dollar cheques to anybody that wants one. You could probably write “Oh dear” and leave it at that, but let’s take a peek anyway. Scams involving a chap called “Razim Al Hamed” have been bouncing around since at least 2009, and he’s […]
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