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| The second quarter of 2017 left the security world wondering, “What the hell happened?” With leaks of government-created exploits being deployed against users in the wild, a continued sea of ransomware constantly threatening our ability to work online, and the lines between malware and potentially unwanted programs continuing to blur, every new incident was a wakeup call.In this report, we are going to discuss some of the most important trends, tactics, and attacks of Q2 2017, including an update on ransomware, what is going on with all these exploits, and a special look at all the breaches that happened this quarter.
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| The dreaded Necurs botnet delivers a new ransomware with a high ransom ask in this newest spam campaign.
Categories: Tags: JaffJaff ransomwareLockyLocky ransomwarenecursransomwarespam |
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Continue reading New ‘Jaff’ ransomware via Necurs asks for 2 BTC
Nothing special about the emails that are delivering this malware version. It is a typical well used email template with subjects varying from with literally hundreds if not thousands of subjects. These generally deliver either Locky ransomware or Dridex banking Trojan File_69348406 PDF_9859 Scan_2441975 Document_11048 Copy_9762 They all have … Continue reading → Continue reading more malware via embedded word macro docs in pdf attachments