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Ransomware leverages victims' browser histories for increased credibility

2013-04-01 20:45:33| InfoWorld: Top News

The authors of police-themed ransomware have started using the browsing histories from infected computers in order to make their scams more believable, according to an independent malware researcher. Ransomware is a class of malicious applications designed to extort money from users by disabling important system functionality or by encrypting their personal files. A particular variation of this type of threat displays messages masquerading as notifications from law enforcement agencies.

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Ransomware uses victims' browser histories for increased credibility

2013-04-01 20:45:33| InfoWorld: Top News

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Safari jumps to 61 percent of mobile browser share

2013-04-01 15:59:45| CNET News.com

Apple's mobile browser saw a 6 percent leap in Web traffic last month, according to stats out today from Web tracker Net Applications. [Read more]

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Unreal Engine 3 ported to JavaScript and WebGL, works in any modern browser

2013-03-28 11:56:32| Extremetech

Unreal Engine 3, the game engine that runs fan favorites like Mass Effect, Gears of War, and Infinity Blade, has been ported to run inside a web browser without any plug-ins. Using JavaScript, specifically the asm.js sublanguage and Emscripten compiler, this engine can run on most any modern web browser. While this is just a tech demo, it goes to show how the web browser is starting to become a completely valid native platform for games.

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