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Mar 29 2010 2:31PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Malware, ransomware, Security, web-based malware
Overheard talking about ransomware
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Malware, ransomware, Security, web-based malware
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“Turning hijacked computers into cash is still hard work for most computer criminals. They’ve got to trick the infected PC into sending spam, then trick a recipient into buying a useless product — or they have to steal online banking passwords, log onto a victim’s account, bypass the bank’s money transfer fraud controls and so on. It’s much easier to just demand cash directly from infected users — a crime that’s the Internet’s equivalent of kidnapping.”
Bob Sullivan, Give me your money, or your computer gets it |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is ransomware.
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