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A glimpse inside CryptoWall 3.0

by codesuela on 11/3/15, 12:52 PM with 19 comments

• by netheril96 on 11/4/15, 4:01 AM

  > Deactivating: Shadow Copies Startup repair Windows error recovery

  > And stopping: Windows Security Center Service Windows Defender Windows Update Service Windows Error Reporting Service and BITS

  Won't these actions require administrator privileges? How do the program escalate its privilege if it starts by user clicking on a js file?

• by politician on 11/4/15, 4:23 AM

  I wonder whether various browser vendors are investigating ways to disable loading Wordpress sites given their propensity to being taken over by exploits. The browser vendors collectively disabled/stunted Flash, maybe it's time for Wordpress to go down?