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"Banco de Espana email scam" refers to a spam campaign. This term defines a mass-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand. The scam messages distributed through this campaign are disguised as deposit notifications from "Banco de Espana". Note that these emails are in
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts files and demands a ransom to decrypt them. It targets both businesses and individuals. Typically, cyber criminals demand to be paid in Bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies, and ransomware victims cannot access or use files unless a ransom is paid. Hell
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Belonging to the Dharma ransomware family, Con30 is data-encrypting malware. It operates by encrypting files (rendering them inaccessible and useless) to demand payment from the victims. During the encryption process, affected files are renamed following this pattern: original filename, unique ID
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Generally, when cyber criminals use malspam to deliver malware, they send emails that are disguised as official, important and/or urgent messages from legitimate companies and organizations and contain a malicious attachment or download link for a malicious file. Their main goal is to trick as man
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