Threats today are designed to appeal to local audiences everywhere: two separate threats we’ve recently encountered show how ransomware is targeted towards users in specific countries; in these cases users in Turkey and Hungary were the targets. First, we came across a notification email sent to Turkish users that talks about a billing update. Recipients are…
Read MoreThe malicious file encryptor GPCODE, which held captive the files of its victims with a 660-bit algorithm for ransom, has not been heard of for two years now. Neither has an incident involving ransomware occurred for the last five months — but now all that has changed. A new and more powerful variant of GPCODE…
Read More