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The FBI MoneyPak Ransomware, also known as Reveton Ransomware, is a ransomware that starts by purporting to be from a national police agency (like the American Federal Bureau of Investigation) and that they have locked the computer or smartphone due to "illegal activities" and demands a ransom payment via GreenDot MoneyPak cards in order to release the device.
The first, the FBI said, is a “fabricated newsclip purporting to be a terrorist warning issued by the FBI.” That fake news clip reports falsely that the FBI purportedly stated that Americans ...
Some forms of spyware also qualify as scareware because they change the user's desktop background, install icons in the computer's notification area (under Microsoft Windows), and claiming that some kind of spyware has infected the user's computer and that the scareware application will help to remove the infection.
The FBI intends to deploy Magic Lantern in the form of an e-mail attachment.When the attachment is opened, it installs a trojan horse on the suspect's computer. The trojan horse is activated when the suspect uses PGP encryption, often used to increase the security of sent e-mail messages.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of two fake videos circulating online that aim to cast doubt around the US presidential election - the latest in a series of alerts by top ...
Rogue security software is a form of malicious software and internet fraud that misleads users into believing there is a virus on their computer and aims to convince them to pay for a fake malware removal tool that actually installs malware on their computer. [1] It is a form of scareware that manipulates users through fear, and a form of ...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a scam where fake attorneys prey on cryptocurrency fraud victims by claiming they can get the victims’ money back. A public ...
The scammer will then persuade the victim to pay to fix the fictitious "problems" that they claim to have found. Payment is made to the scammer via gift cards or cryptocurrency, which are hard to trace and have few consumer protections in place. Technical support scams have occurred as early as 2008.