Posted February 15, 2013, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
Authorities have detained 11 individuals thought to be responsible for the proliferation of a nasty "police ransomware" virus which demanded users pay €100 ($135 USD) to re-gain access to their infected PCs. Amongst the 11 caught -- a crew of…
Posted October 4, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
Software scam artist Kristy Ross has been fined $163 million by U.S. authorities for running an unscrupulous "scareware" operation. The Federal Trade Commission had been following Ross since 2008 in hopes of closing in on her dealings and the judgment includes…
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