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Your Money or Your File! Highway Robbery with Blackhole and Ransomware

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Drive-by downloads—attacks that exploit a user’s browser to distribute malware and steal data—are nothing new. But today’s most popular drive-by malware, called Blackhole, is highly sophisticated. As an IT professional, you need to understand how cybercriminals use the Blackhole crimeware kit to attack your employees with rootkits and ransomware.
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Topics

• How threats work from compromised site to infection• How crimeware kits are developed, bought and sold• The money behind exploit kits and ransomware• Protecting against these types of attacks

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The attack

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Beyond the event horizon

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Delivered malware

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The business behind Blackhole

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Blackhole price list

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Delivered malware

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Winlocker

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Global reach

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File encryptor

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Defending your network

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Security News/TrendsAdditional resources

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