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Home   »   file encryptor

Ransomware “Goes Local” In Europe

  • Posted on:February 21, 2014 at 1:41 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware, Spam
  • Author:
    Ilja Lebedev (Threats Analyst – EMEA Regional TrendLabs)
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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…

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Tags: file encryptorHungaryMalwareransomwareSpamTurkey

File-napper GPCODE Reemerges

  • Posted on:June 11, 2008 at 5:17 pm
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    JM Hipolito (Technical Communications)
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The 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…

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Tags: Chinafile encryptorGPCODERussian

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