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June 07, 2015 1 min read
People who fall victim to ransomware probably don’t expect there to be any silver lining to that particular cloud. It turns out there might be one after all: apparently, you can haggle with […]
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March 13, 2015 1 min read
Heads up, PC gamers. There’s a new strain of cryptographic malware called TeslaCrypt sleazing around the internet that wants to get it grubby little claws on your save files. It works the same way […]
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January 21, 2015 1 min read
The bad guys behind the CryptoWall ransomware have pushed yet another upgrade to their malicious code that makes it nastier — and more resilient — than ever. The biggest change with CryptoWall 3.0 […]
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September 02, 2014 1 min read
Ransomware is here to stay, people. Just months after the good guys took down CryptLocker and the GameOver Zeus botnet comes a report that me-too malware CryptoWall has already infected more than 600,000 […]
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August 07, 2014 1 min read
Cryptolocker is one of the most insidious pieces of malware to surface so far this century. Things are finally looking up, however: the good guys have gotten their hands on a boatload of […]
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June 03, 2014 1 min read
The fellow above is Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev. He’s 30 years old, 5-foot-9, 180 pounds, and enjoys touring the Black Sea in his private boat and writing computer programs. He also likes long walks […]
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March 03, 2014 1 min read
The Cryptolocker malware hasn’t been around all that long, but it’s been scarily successful since it reared its ugly head in September of last year. Its masterminds have raked in somewhere in the […]
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January 16, 2014 1 min read
Good news, Windows XP holdouts. Although Microsoft is ending product support for your beloved OS this April they’ve decided to keep shipping antimalware updates to you until 2015. That means if you depend […]
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January 07, 2014 1 min read
The CryptoLocker ransomware is one of the most alarming developments in malware we’ve seen in recent years. Things may get much, much worse, however. Someone is selling a DIY malware kit that builds […]
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December 19, 2013 1 min read
Think crime doesn’t pay? Tell that to the crooks behind the Cryptolocker malware. In just over 100 days, they’ve already managed to rake in somewhere around $30 million dollars. That’s according to numbers from […]
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November 21, 2013 1 min read
Cybercriminals have been busy over the past couple of years, and it’s starting to show. Digital identity inventory levels have never been higher, and prices have never been lower. It’s a great time […]
The post Excess of stolen identities leads to massive price cuts, US ID costs just $25 appeared first on Geek.com.
November 20, 2013 1 min read
Generally, law enforcement officials don’t recommend caving in to extortionists. Apparently that rule doesn’t necessarily apply when a police department gets hit with the Cryptolocker malware. The Swansea, Massachusetts PD recently decided that […]
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