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The Tech Buzz: Fantom ransomware impersonates Windows update

October 13, 2016 by Anthony Regina Leave a Comment

Windows 10 is notorious about automatically installing updates on users’ machines and now there is a ransomware that aims to capitalize on it. The new ransomware, Fantom, is based on the EDA2 open-source ransomware project on GitHub called hidden tear that’s recently been abandoned. Fantom behind the scenes In an attempt to conceal malicious intention, […]

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