Cisco Talos and Godaddy Bring Down Ransomware Malvertising Server
It is well worth noting how the campaign creators heavily relied on the Neutrino exploit kit. Some readers may recall this name, as it is the preferred way of spreading Bitcoin ransomware on a large scale. Over the past few months, there have been multiple malvertising campaigns.The primary objective of these campaigns is to infect Internet users with ransomware and other malware. Cisco’s Talos Group successfully shut down one of these campaigns, which was relying on the Neutrino Exploit Kit. A significant success for security researchers, albeit the war is far from over. Bringing....
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OphionLocker has been making the news as the latest and scariest piece of ransomware finding its way through the web through a malvertising campaign. It has been hailed by some as a powerful piece of software that represents the next generation of cyber crime. It may in fact be that, but not for the reasons those publications think. Thanks to security bloggers who actually did their job, we now know that the media-hyped OphionLocker is actually just a mismash of ideas from older ransomware and code copied directly from a wiki. Yes, despite all the hullabaloo about elliptic curve....
Ransomware, rogue software which encrypt data on your hard disk and demand payment in bitcoins to restore it, have been on the rise recently. Hospitals, police stations and universities have been the recent targets of ransomware. What exactly are the causes of the increase in ransomware and did Bitcoin lead to its birth? Craig Williams, Senior Technical Leader of Cisco Talo, says: “The ability to demand payment in bitcoinCT r: 8, a difficult-to-trace virtual currency not controlled by any country, was 'basically the birth of ransomware' and has helped drive its success since the currency's....
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Roger Ver demanded that GoDaddy remove Bitcoin.com from its sales listing. A few hours later, it appears to have been purged. Bitcoin.com — a cryptocurrency news, mining and wallet resource — is not for sale, according to entrepreneur and site owner Roger Ver. On Monday, Bitcoin.com appeared as a “premium domain” available for purchase on GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, for a minimum price of $100 million. The original sales listing of Bitcoin.com before it was removed by GoDaddy.Ver contacted GoDaddy on Twitter and demanded that the listing be removed immediately,....