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The Reversible Denial-of-Resource CryptoViral Extortion Attack

Noah Schiffman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:57:59 -0400

Ransomware, although somewhat appropriately nicknamed, as it takes your data hostage demanding money for its release, has always implied an unnecessary emotional component. It is unforgivably insensitive to compare this to any type of real world ransom regarding human life. Furthermore, there are no "proof of life" concepts, such as sending back a "pinky" of data or letting you briefly see that your data is being safely kept in a Linux environment.

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Prevent data loss by ignoring the hype

Schratboy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:22:07 -0400

Ok...so there's this virus out there that does some bad stuff. Buying Kaspersky's goodies won't make your network secure, but you will think it does.

Kaspersky seeks help from international police to fight cybercrime

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:31:55 -0500

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Security: No retreat, no surrender!

Layer 8 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:59:41 -0500

Well it is not like throwing up your hands and giving up but it sort of sounds like it. Russian cyber security outfit Kaspersky Labs told my colleague Tim Greene today that it would hold a press conference tomorrow in New York to announce that cybercriminals have the upper hand in the online world and that cooperative international policing is needed to protect honest users. “We don’t have the solutions,” says Natalya Kaspersky, CEO of the company. “We thought it was possible to anti-virus and that was adequate protection.

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Kaspersky: Vista will not change security concerns

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:20:28 -0500

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