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Beware of Phones Scams Pretending to be the IRS
Over the past couple of weeks there has been a major increase in phone scams where the caller pretends to be from the Internal Revenue Service. The way these scams work, is a target will receive a phone call from a robocaller that states they are the IRS and that they are filing a lawsuit against the target.
- July 27, 2016
- 02:52 PM
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- July 27, 2016
- 10:01 AM
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Petya and Mischa Ransomware Affiliate System Publicly Released
Today, the Petya and Mischa Ransomware devs have made their Ransomware as a Service, or RaaS, open to the public. For the past few months, the Petya & Mischa RaaS has been been in testing with a limited amount of supposed high volume distributors. As of today, any would-be criminal can signup and become an official distributor.
- July 26, 2016
- 04:21 PM
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Chimera Ransomware Decryption Keys Released by Petya Devs
The devs behind the Mischa and Petya ransomware have leaked approximately 3500 RSA decryption keys for the Chimera Ransomware. These keys are in hex format, but can be converted back to their normal format and used within a decryptor by a security company or professional.
- July 26, 2016
- 03:10 PM
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World of Warcraft scam allows attackers to take control of victim's User Interface
A new World of Warcraft scam is being used that uses social engineering to try and trick victims into entering a special command. When a victim enters this command it would allow attackers to take control of victim's in-game WOW interface, make unauthorized trades, and find the victim's location anywhere in the game.
- July 25, 2016
- 03:46 PM
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- July 25, 2016
- 03:29 PM
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Side-by-side comparisons of the CrypMIC and CryptXXX Ransomware Infections
Last week, TrendMicro blogged about a new ransomware family called CrypMIC that was impersonating CryptXXX. At first glance, CrypMIC looks so much like CryptXXX that when I thought it was a just a new CryptXX variant. In this article I have provided a side-by-side comparison of screens a victim may see so they can tell the difference
- July 25, 2016
- 01:11 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - July 22 2016 - Stampado, Bart, HolyCrypt, and More
This week we have 3 new ransomware variants, 2 new ransomware infections, and 4 new ransomware decryptors. Stampado finally popped its head out of its hole, but was quickly squashed and a slew of new decryptors were released. Overall, a good week for the good guys.
- July 23, 2016
- 01:09 PM
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Stampado Ransomware campaign decrypted before it Started
For about a week since Stampado was discovered being sold on the darkweb for the cheap price of $39 USD, no samples were available. That changed today when two samples of Stampado appeared on VirusTotal. It is currently unknown if these samples are from a live distribution campaign or were submitted by the distributor/developer to te
- July 22, 2016
- 06:54 PM
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BleepingComputer has received the Opinion & Order regarding their Motion to Dismiss the Enigma Lawsuit
On July 8th 2016, we received a 51 page opinion & order from the Judge regarding our Motion to Dismiss. Due to the very high standards required when deciding if a claim should be dismissed, only 1 out of 4 of Enigma's claims were dismissed. We are confident, though, that since we can now show the facts, we will ultimately win.
- July 22, 2016
- 09:00 AM
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- July 22, 2016
- 08:15 AM
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AVG releases Decryptor for Bart Ransomware
AVG has released a decryptor for the Bart Ransomware infection, which stores your files in password-protected zip files. Created by the same actors behind Dridex and Locky, Bart Ransomware will password protect a victim's data without communicating with a command & control server.
- July 21, 2016
- 10:12 AM
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