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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 15th, 2016
Malvertising Shoves Android Banking Trojan Down Your Throat, No Clicks Required

Malvertising Shoves Android Banking Trojan Down Your Throat, No Clicks Required

Malvertising threat continues to evolve on Android market

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 15th, 2016
Scammy-Looking Shark Project Delivers Fully Working Ransomware

Scammy-Looking Shark Project Delivers Fully Working Ransomware

New free ransomware project appears online. Hooray!!!

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 15th, 2016
Pokemon GO Ransomware Installs Windows Admin Backdoor Account

Pokemon GO Ransomware Installs Windows Admin Backdoor Account

Windows Pokemon fans targeted with new ransomware

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 13th, 2016
New Windows Trojan Steals Enterprise Data and Microsoft Office Files

New Windows Trojan Steals Enterprise Data and Microsoft Office Files

New infostealer focuses only on the important files

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 12th, 2016
R980 Ransomware Uses Disposable Email Addresses to Interact with Victims

R980 Ransomware Uses Disposable Email Addresses to Interact with Victims

There's the danger of losing the decrypter after making payments, since Mailinator regularly deletes inbox emails

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 12th, 2016
New Scylex Banking Trojan Kit Surfaces on the Dark Web

New Scylex Banking Trojan Kit Surfaces on the Dark Web

Scylex - "the next big thing" in terms of banking trojans

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 12th, 2016
Smrss32 Ransomware Targets a Whopping 6,674 File Extensions

Smrss32 Ransomware Targets a Whopping 6,674 File Extensions

New Smrss32 ransomware can't decide what files to lock, so it targets everything it can get its hands on

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 11th, 2016
Shade Ransomware Adds RAT Features to Spy on High-Value Victims

Shade Ransomware Adds RAT Features to Spy on High-Value Victims

Crooks use RAT to assess the financial status of infected victims and decide on how much money to ask for

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 11th, 2016
This Windows Activation Scam Talks to You So You Won't Forget to Call & Pay

This Windows Activation Scam Talks to You So You Won't Forget to Call & Pay

New Windows Activation Screen scam discovered

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 10th, 2016
Ransomware Spam Flood Targeted US Govt. Agencies, Educational Institutions

Ransomware Spam Flood Targeted US Govt. Agencies, Educational Institutions

Crooks delivered hundreds of thousands of spam emails

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 9th, 2016
ElGato Ransomware Targets Androids, Locks SD Card Data and Steals SMS Messages

ElGato Ransomware Targets Androids, Locks SD Card Data and Steals SMS Messages

Ransomware is still under development, no real threat

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 9th, 2016
Hitler Ransomware Infects Everyone, Not Just the Jews

Hitler Ransomware Infects Everyone, Not Just the Jews

Ransomware is buggy, deletes some user files

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 9th, 2016
Linux Trojan Mines for Cryptocurrency Using Misconfigured Redis Database Servers

Linux Trojan Mines for Cryptocurrency Using Misconfigured Redis Database Servers

Dr.Web discovers new Linux trojan named Linux.Lady.1

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 9th, 2016
Criminal Group Uses LogMeIn to Compromise PoS Systems with Malware

Criminal Group Uses LogMeIn to Compromise PoS Systems with Malware

Crooks deploy new malware called PosCardStealer

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 6th, 2016
Cerber Ransomware v2 Spotted Online, Is Now Undecryptable

Cerber Ransomware v2 Spotted Online, Is Now Undecryptable

The most active ransomware in the world receives an update

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 6th, 2016
Ransomware Mimics Windows Activation Screen, Uses Poisoned Search Results

Ransomware Mimics Windows Activation Screen, Uses Poisoned Search Results

Unlock code discovered, users can bypass the scam

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 6th, 2016
Panda Banking Trojan Shifts Focus to Brazil Just in Time for the Rio Olympics

Panda Banking Trojan Shifts Focus to Brazil Just in Time for the Rio Olympics

Update allows Panda Banker to target Brazilian banks

 
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