ESET have recently observed a huge increase in detections of the Nemucod trojan, a threat that usually tries to download another malware from the internet. Those detections ratios were very high in some countries.
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This is the question I’ve been asking myself for the last couple of days. Here is why …
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Experts believe that the success tied to a recent spate of DDoS for hire groups may be because many are copycat collectives operating with a shorter lifespan.
An attacker working off domains belonging to Chinese registrar BizCN has been moving the Cryptowall 4.0 ransomware via the Nuclear Exploit Kit.
Remember the good old days when you received mails from Nigerian princes who promised you riches beyond your wildest dreams for just a couple of dollars and a little bit of faith?
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Job Centers are all about helping people to find new opportunities and to bring their life back underway. It also gives employers the opportunity to find great new employees! But this wasn’t the case for an Avira customer from Germany. It’s her story we want to tell you today.
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Ghosts, monsters and the living dead can all send a chill down one’s spine. Ransomware, for some people, is just as spooky. This Halloween, we look at why.
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Researchers took a big step towards eradicating the Angler exploit kit, disrupting a large ransomware campaign connected to the kit that purportedly netted a hacker behind it more than $60 million annually.
Alexander Vukcevic joined Avira in 2000 as a Virus Analyst. He is currently leading Avira’s Virus Lab, a team of more than 50 people responsible for the great detection rates in our products.
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A look back at how ransomware – a type of malware used mostly for hijacking user data – has evolved from the days of PC Cyborg to today’s service for sale.
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