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• Cybercriminals exploit Java 0-day fears to serve malware

  18.01.2013

  With all the recent Java zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild and Internet news outlets heavily covering the development of the situation, many users will look for updates for the popular computing platform.

• Ransomware demands survey completion instead of cash

  17.12.2012

  Ransomware has replaced fake AV as the most high-profile and annoying malware targeting computer users around the world, and the approach is always the same: the owners of the blocked computer are urged to pay a fine because of their supposed illegal online behavior or asked to fork over money in order to get their hijacked files decrypted.

• Ransomware arrests highlight online blackmail threat

  14.12.2012

  Detectives from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) arrested three people in connection with using ransomware to blackmail people.

• Three people arrested in U.K. over "police ransomware"

  13.12.2012

  The U.K. Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit has arrested three individuals that have allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud Internet users by making them believe they have been caught doing something illegal.

• New Reveton ransomware variant speaks to victims

  11.12.2012

  Trend Micro researchers have recently spotted a variant of the Reveton ransomware that not only shows a message claiming that the affected computer has been blocked because of law violations, but also plays a message urging users to pay up in order to get it unblocked.

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