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The German Federal Police are warning of new malware which displays child pornography while claiming that victims' computers have been used for illegal purposes.
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INFOGRAPHIE - Des virus bloquent à distance les ordinateurs puis leurs propriétaires sont sommés de payer une «amende».
La supercherie, découverte aux États-Unis par le FBI avant de gangrener l'Europe, a provoqué un vent de panique à l'échelle planétaire. Selon nos informations, pas moins de 1284 plaintes ont déjà été enregistrées depuis novembre 2011 par la gendarmerie en France. «Ce n'est que la partie émergée de l'iceberg, car au moins dix fois plus d'internautes ont été infectés par le virus», précise le colonel Freyssinet. «Si une partie d'entre eux ont eu la bonne idée de ne pas verser la rançon, d'autres ayant fréquenté des sites illégaux préfèrent ne pas se vanter de leur mésaventure et tentent de régler le problème en bidouillant leur ordinateur avec les moyens du bord», renchérit-on à la Direction générale de la gendarmerie nationale.
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Live from the Emsisoft Lab....
A few weeks ago our colleagues over at BleepingComputer approached us asking for help with a recent malware outbreak that specifically targets Windows servers. Several companies as well as individuals found their servers being locked by a malware that claims to originate from the “Anti Cyber Crime Department of Federal Internet Security Agency” or short “ACCDFISA”.
Of course such an institution does not exist and even if it did, it surely wouldn’t ask the owner of the server to submit a certain dollar amount using PaySafeCard or MoneyPak codes. The affected servers fell prey to a new malware family that is currently on the loose.
The ACCDFISA malware family belongs to a malware category called “ransomware”. Ransomware is a special kind of malware that takes a system and its data hostage in an attempt to extort money from its owner in exchange for returning control back to him.
What makes the ACCDFISA family special is the unorthodox way in which systems get infected as well as how various third party tools are used to accomplish the malware family’s goals.
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Online criminals target innocent end users with ransom trojans that will lock up the PC, claiming to represent various local law enforcement entities. In total, the reputation of 12 different police organizations are used in this scam.
Source: http://twitpic.com/8v2ucn/full ; Credit to Mikko Hypponen @mikko
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Des publicités malveillantes exécutées sur certains sites de streaming permettent à des pirates d’infecter des PC vulnérables avec un ransomware et de bloquer l’ordinateur jusqu’à paiement de 200 euros.
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Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.
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Computer users are getting infected with ransomware because criminals have managed to hack the DNS records of Go Daddy hosted websites.
Read more: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/23/hacked-go-daddy-ransomware/
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In the last couple of years, malware that hijacks the users' machines and demands money to "unblock" it has become an often encountered threat.
Messages presented by this "ransomware" usually contain warnings that seem to come directly from law enforcement agencies and accuse the user of having downloaded pirated music tracks or movies.
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The Metropolitan Police has warned Windows users of a malware attack that poses as a message from the computer crime-fighting cops themselves.
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Researchers from PandaLabs have spotted a Microsoft themed ransomware variant.
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