Security News > 2016 > March > Locky Ransomware Spreading in Massive Spam Attack (Threatpost)

2016-03-10 22:29
Researchers are tracking a massive spam campaign pelting inboxes with Locky ransomware downloaders in the form of JavaScript attachments.
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http://threatpost.com/locky-ransomware-spreading-in-massive-spam-attack/116727/
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