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Mozilla Warns of Fake Thunderbird Downloads Delivering Ransomware 

October 4, 2023

Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported last week that a website where the Snatch ransomware group names victims had been leaking data, including visitor IPs and information on internal operations.

According to Krebs, the leaked data suggests that the Snatch cybercrime group has been using paid Google ads to deliver its malware disguised as popular applications such as Adobe Reader, Discord, Microsoft Teams, and Mozilla Thunderbird.

Following Krebs’ findings, Mozilla issued a ‘ransomware alert’ this week, advising users to only download Thunderbird from trusted websites.

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