Tag: reveton

  • Browser-based ransomware uses scare tactics to extort money

    Unsophisticated scam shows the high level of commoditization of today’s cybercrime. A case of browser-based ransomware, that is currently using social engineering tactics in an attempt to extort money from its victims, shows how even the least sophisticated cases of cybercrime make use of services available on the black market. Given all the talk about…