Security News > 2016 > April > Beware of phishing emails sporting your home address! (Help Net Security)
2016-04-08 21:40
The latest (likely very successful) ransomware delivery campaign takes the form of spear-phishing emails targeting specific individuals and, for added credibility, includes their real-world home addresses and names. It’s such a brilliant idea, that I wonder how cyber crooks haven’t thought of it earlier. But maybe they were only waiting for the right malware to deliver – in this case, the Maktub Locker. Maktub Locker is a type of ransomware that encrypts (and compresses) files … More →
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