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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. About the essayist.

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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

Any bugs or glitches in its programming leaves noticeable trails for antivirus software to track. The ZeroAccess botnet, discovered in 2011, hit systems hard with fraudulent advertising clicks and Bitcoin mining malware, infecting at least 9 million computers worldwide. Looking for More About Malware?

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