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Malware Poses as US Department of Justice Violation Notice
Posing as the US Department of Justice DoJ, a new variant of the Citadel Malware called Reveton is responsible for a ransomware campaign that attempts to extort $100 from its victims. The infections are occurring after users are lured to a drive-by download site where a dropper installs the Citad...
Malware Campaign Extorts Users with SOPA Threats
A new scareware-ransomware hybrid attempts to convince users they are being sued in violation of the Stop Online Piracy Act SOPA and offers to remedy the problem if users purchase a fake antivirus solution. The malware claims to have detected illegal torrent files on the computer and offers to...
YamaTough Hacker Demanded $50,000 for not releasing Stolen Symantec Source Code
YamaTough Hacker Demanded $50,000 for not releasing Stolen Symantec Source Code According to email transcripts posted to Pastebin yesterday, and confirmed by the company, a group of hackers attempted to extort $50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not releasing its stolen PCAnywhere and Norton...
Ransomware Claims To Sniff Out Porn For The Police
Peddlers of ransomware are increasing their effectiveness by tailoring region-specific versions of a scam that impersonates local police. Microsoft has identified four variants of a ransomware scheme in which online criminals are using the good name of law enforcement agencies to trick victims in...
McAfee study - India is fourth lowest in security adoption !
McAfee study - India is fourth lowest in security adoption ! McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS revealed the findings from a global report 'In the Dark, Crucial Industries Confront Cyber attacks' that reflects the cost and impact of cyber attacks on critical...
Confusion, Recriminations Surround PlentyofFish Breach
Controversy has erupted around the free online dating site, PlentyofFish.com, after the Web site was found to contain a serious security vulnerability that could have potentially exposed the personal information of some 30 million users. In another chapter of the annals of “No Good Deed Goes...
Пресечена деятельность хакеров-вымогателей
Источник: http://www.kguvd.ru/news/7 Когда: 31 Августа, 2010 Оперативники отдела "К" и УБЭП ГУВД Москвы пресекли деятельность группы хакеров, заражавших вредоносными программами компьютеры пользователей и вымогавших деньги за разблокировку. Деньги взимались с помощью платных SMS стоимостью от 300...
DDoS Extortionists Offer 'Discount' Competitor Attacks
One of the most novel approaches for acquiring new botnet clients is a weird combination consisting of direct DDoS extortion, followed by penalties for delayed response and the offering of 30% discount in case the victim wants to DDoS the competition once the ransom is paid. Read the full article...
Ransomware Tactic Lures Via Copyright Scare
An ongoing ransomware campaign is pretending to be the fake ICPP Foundation icpp-online.com, where the ransomware locks down the user’s desktop issuing a “Copyright violation: copyrighted content detected” message which lists torrent files found on the infected PC and forces the user to pay $400...
New Twist In Online Pharma Scams
Online scammers are re-scamming Internet pharmaceutical customers with a new ploy: posing as government agents and extorting money from them, says the US Food and Drug Administration. Read the full article. Info Security...
Ransomware Variant Features Novel Payment Scheme
A new ransomware variant encrypts files on a computer but uses a novel twist on monetizing the extortion threat. Instead of demanding money directly for decryption keys, as has been the case in other instances, it presumes that the owner of an infected computer will search for information to help...
