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Crypto-Ransomware Sightings and Trends for 1Q 2015

  • Posted on:April 1, 2015 at 1:00 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Anthony Joe Melgarejo (Threat Response Engineer)
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It seems that cybercriminals have yet to tire of creating crypto-ransomware malware. Since the start of 2015, we have spotted several variants of crypto-ransomware plague the threat landscape. In January, the Australia-New Zealand region was beset by variants of TorrentLocker. But we soon discovered that TorrentLocker infections were not limited to that region; Turkey, Italy,…

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Tags: CRYPAURAcrypto-ransomwareCryptoFortressfile encryptionransomwareTeslacrypt

DMARC and Spam: Why It Matters

  • Posted on:March 23, 2015 at 11:19 am
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Author:
    Jon Oliver (Senior Architect)
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Recently I discussed how TorrentLocker spam was using email authentication for its spam runs. At the time, I suggested that these spam runs were using email authentication to gather information about victim networks and potentially improve the ability to evade spam filters. DomainKeys Identified Mail’s (DKIM) own specification mentions the possibility of messages with from “trusted sources” and with a…

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Tags: DKIMDMARCSpamSPF

Recent Crypto-Ransomware Attacks: A Global Threat

  • Posted on:January 14, 2015 at 3:00 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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We noticed a recent influx of crypto-ransomware spreading in Australia. This recent wave rings similar to the hike of infections in the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region we wrote about in early December. Upon further research and analysis, we concluded that the attackers behind these incidents could possibly belong to the same cybercriminal gang due to the similarity in their IP addresses. Infection…

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Tags: crypto-ransomwareTorrentLocker
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