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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.
Alureon (also known as TDSS or TDL-4) is a trojan and rootkit created to steal data by intercepting a system's network traffic and searching for banking usernames and passwords, credit card data, PayPal information, social security numbers, and other sensitive user data. [1]
A coalition of U.S. and European law enforcement agencies has disrupted a ransomware operation, one of the largest currently active, that uses malicious software to lock up victims’ computer ...
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 FBI has issued a holiday scam advisory, warning shoppers to "be wary" of potential grifts as they begin to shop Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
The warning follows numerous similar messages issued by Chinese and Australian officials throughout 2023 and comes after the first well-documented "cyber kidnapping" case of this severity in the U.S.
Hive employed a wide variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), creating significant challenges for defense and mitigation. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), it functioned as affiliate-based ransomware, using multiple mechanisms to compromise business networks, including phishing emails with malicious attachments to gain access, and Remote Desktop Protocol ...
Best practices • Don't enable the "use less secure apps" feature. • Don't reply to any SMS request asking for a verification code. • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money.