The Rise of the Ransomware
In the last months we have seen an increase of ransomware attacks. While the first ones we saw were posing as Microsoft to threaten the user because it had been detected a pirated version of Windows, and in case you didn’t pay the fine they would contact the local law enforcement agencies, the new ones [...]
Ransomware posing as Microsoft
We’ve found yet another malware piece, this time it is a ransomware to take some of your money. Once you get infected (you can receive it in a number of different ways, most likely via spam messages and P2P), your computer is restarted. What for? Well, the malware installs itself to run every time your [...]
Ransomware posing as Microsoft
We’ve found yet another malware piece, this time it is a ransomware to take some of your money. Once you get infected (you can receive it in a number of different ways, most likely via spam messages and P2P), your computer is restarted. What for? Well, the malware installs itself to run every time your [...]
Rogueware with new Ransomware Technology™
The criminals behind Rogueware attacks are becoming increasingly aggressive in their approach to make money. We recently stumbled across a sample (Adware/TotalSecurity2009) which uses a ransomware technique to improve its sales. Once the computer becomes infected, Total Security forces the victim to purchase it before it will allow any files from being accessed on the [...]
Ransomware Reloaded
One of the latest examples of ransomware we have seen is Trj/SMSlock.AThe main aim of this malware is to make users pay ransom for their computer in order to have it completely operative.Until now some of the functionalities we had seen in ransomware were to encrypt certain documents or extensions of the computer or to [...]