Security News > 2017 > November > A look at the top seven ransomware attacks in the past decade
2017-11-28 13:30
In part one of this series, we discussed exactly what ransomware is, including the effects of and motives behind different types of attacks. In this second article, I’ll look at the top seven ransomware attacks within the past decade and how they managed to infiltrate networks around the world. 1. Reveton Reveton, ransomware that started spreading in 2010, was based on a Citadel Trojan. This ransomware used its payload to display an alert message on … More →
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