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Windows 7: Digitally signed ransomware lurking in the wild

24 Nov 2012   #1

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Digitally signed ransomware lurking in the wild

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Trend Micro researchers have spotted two ransomware variants bearing the same (probably stolen) digital signature in order to fool users into running the files.

Other than that, the malware acts like any other ransomware: it blocks the victims' computer and shows messages that seem to come either from the FBI or the UK’s Police Central e-crime Unit:
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