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TorrentLocker Ransomware Hits ANZ Region
  • Posted on:January 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Paul Pajares (Fraud Analyst) and Christopher Ke (Web Threat Researcher, Deakin University)
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We recently reported that the EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa) region experienced a surge in ransomware, specifically, crypto-ransomware attacks. It appears that these attacks are no longer limited to that region. Research from Trend Micro engineers shows that the ANZ (Australia-New Zealand) region is the latest to be greatly affected by this type of malware—this time by TorrentLocker…

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Tags: ANZ regionAustraliacrypto-ransomwareMalwareNew ZealandransomwareTorrentLocker

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