Bitcoin Ransomware CTB-Locker on the Loose: Watch Your Spam Folders
For those of you who feel the need to check through every email you get, including everything that shows up in your dreaded spam folder, you might want to rethink your methods from here on out. McAfee has issued a warning to users that a new form of bitcoin ransomware known as CTB-Locker is now being sent to personal computers through a spam campaign. While first identified in 2014, CTB, or "Curve Tor Bitcoin" Locker is still a relatively new development that have made some of the affected users ask the same question "What is bitcoin?". The ransomware is a sneaky form of malware that....
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