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Why Ransomware Works: Tactics and Routines Beyond Encryption

  • Posted on:June 16, 2016 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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How do companies regardless of size and industry prepare for ransomware attacks? A recent study revealed that businesses are considering saving up Bitcoins, just in case they get hit by these threats and can recover their confidential files in a short span of time. While we don’t recommend succumbing to the ransom payment as it doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get your files back plus you’ll be prone to more ransomware attacks, we can’t also blame these large organizations and businesses for doing so.

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Tags: crypto-ransomwareCryptXXXCRYPWALLpetyaPowerWareransomwareSAMSAMTeslacryptZCRYPT

Tax Day Extortion: PowerWare Crypto-ransomware Targets Tax Files

  • Posted on:March 31, 2016 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware, Spam
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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As we are certain about some aspects of life, the same can be said about cybercrime. Tax Day draws closer in the U.S., and as millions of Americans are in the process of filing their taxes, cybercriminals are also stepping in to make this task profitable for them and difficult for their victims. We have seen recent incidents of organizations falling for business email compromise (BEC) schemes related to tax filing; now, it looks like online extortionists have joined the fray as well.

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Tags: crypto-ransomwaremacro malwarespam mail

Notorious Malware Improvements and Enhancements of 2014

  • Posted on:February 23, 2015 at 4:25 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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2014 was a year that was marked with numerous changes in the threat landscape. We saw a lot of improvements in existing malware, either with new evasion techniques or versions. We even saw some old techniques and attacks resurface in the landscape. Evasion Tactics We are seeing more malware incorporate Tor in their routines as…

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Tags: 201464-bit malwarecrypto-ransomwareiOSMac OSmacroMalwaremalware enhancementsMasqueTorWirelurkerZBOT

The Prevalence of Crypto-Ransomware

  • Posted on:September 17, 2014 at 4:17 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Alvin Bacani (Research Engineer)
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Cryptolocker, a refinement of Ransomware with file-encryption capabilities emerged in the wild last October 2013. It continuously evolves as seen in the inclusion of new tactics and methods to avoid early detection and convinces unsuspecting users to pay the ‘ransom’ to get their files back. Cryptographic Locker Ransomware We recently spotted a ransomware variant that claims to…

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Tags: cryptographic locker ransomwarecryptolockerransomware

New Crypto-Ransomware Emerge in the Wild

  • Posted on:July 30, 2014 at 5:45 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Eduardo Altares II (Research Engineer)
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One of the recent triumphs against cybercrime is the disruption of the activities of the Gameover ZeuS botnet. Perhaps what makes this more significant is that one major threat was also affected—the notorious CryptoLocker malware. However, this disruption hasn’t deterred cybercriminals from using file-encrypting ransomware. In fact, we saw new crypto-ransomware variants that use new…

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Tags: CritroniCryptoblockerMalwareransomware
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