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Malicious ads on major websites held users' files to ransom
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27th October 2014, 07:17
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania
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 |  Malicious ads on major websites held users' files to ransom A widespread attack has exposed millions to malware that holds files to ransom. The campaign, which was first detected a month ago, placed fake adverts on websites such as Yahoo, AOL and The Atlantic that installed so-called "ransomware" onto a... http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/24/c...=rss_truncated |
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