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'Ransomware' extorts payment with phone call

2008-01-02 00:00:00 by HASH0x8470748 in Network World on Security
 
New "ransomware" that locks up a person's PC and demands $35 to return control to its user is on the prowl, a security researcher said this week IT Audit Checklists Advertisement Prepare for your next internal IT audit. Checklists cover security, risk management, PCI, and more
 
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Who's Behind the GPcode Ransomware?

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2008-06-10 09:44:53 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...ransomware? It's Russian teens with pimples, using E-gold and Liberty Reserve accounts, running three different GPcode campaigns, two of which request either $100 or $200 for the decryptor, and communicating from Chinese IPs. Here are all the details regarding the emails they use, the email responses they sent back, the currency accounts, as...
 
Tags: account, e-gold account, e-gold, file, sample response email, txt file, virtual currency accounts, liberty reserve accounts, liberty reserve
 
 
 
 
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Ransomware

2008-06-16 13:09:52 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...ransomware : Some day soon, you may go in and turn on your Windows PC and find your most valuable files locked up tighter than Fort Knox You'll also see this message appear on your screen Your files are encrypted with RSA-1024 algorithm. To recovery your files you need to buy our decryptor. To buy decrypting tool contact us at:...
 
Tags: files, vital files forever, valuable files, individual, funny message, individual users, message, fort knox, real back-ups
 
 
 
 
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Ransomware: How to deal with advanced encryption algorithms

2008-07-17 00:00:00 by Carolyn E. Gibney in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
It's late in the day, and your CEO reports a strange message on his computer screen: his files have been encrypted, and a payment is required to return all of his data. What do you do? Don't give in to the cyberterrorists just yet. Mike Chapple explains five ways that you can fight ransomware and recover your files
 
Tags: mike chapple explains, fight ransomware, files, ceo reports, strange message, payment, recover, data, return
 
 
 
 
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Security firm asks for help cracking ransomware key

2008-06-08 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Anti-virus firm Kapersky Lab is seeking help cracking an encryption key that's part of an extortion scheme seeking money from users whose PCs have been infected by malware
 
Tags: extortion scheme, encryption key, malware, pcs, users, money
 
 
 
 
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Security Briefing: June 9th

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2008-06-09 11:29:02 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...ransomware key | Computer World Revisiting the Safari Vulnerability on Windows | Washington Post A rallying cry against cyberbullying | CNET HP secures data center assets with RFID tags | Network World Hans Reiser Offers To Lead Cops to Ninas Body | OS News Full-featured IE 8 beta announced ( smashy, smashy ) | NZ Herald Fraudsters hack into...
 
Tags: security news, news, coffee machine decides, rfid tags, home office website, hans reiser offers, tags, washington post, lead cops
 
 
 
 
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Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files With 1024-Bit Key

2008-06-11 14:48:17 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A dangerous new strain of malicious software that holds the victim's computers files for ransom has been unleashed, and researchers have yet to crack the encryption key
 
Tags: malicious software, computers files, encryption key, victim, researchers, ransom, dangerous, holds, strain
 
 
 
 
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Researchers urge ransomware victims to try file-recovery app

2008-06-16 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab is telling ransomeware victims of Gpcode.ak how to recover data thought lost to the extortionists
 
Tags: kaspersky lab, recover data, ransomeware victims, extortionists, gpcode, lost
 
 
 
 
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Summarizing June's Threatscape

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2008-07-01 07:05:01 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Ransomware? - The title speaks for itself, the research with enough actionable intelligence gathered in the shortest timeframe possible is already proving accurate and highly valuable. How come? Stay tuned for more developments 06. ImageShack Typosquatted to Serve Malware - In a rare instance of a creative attack combining...
 
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