The cybercrime group behind the Citadel malware and Reveton ransomware has upped the stakes with a new extortion technique, the FBI s Internet Crime Complaint Center said today. Victims usually are lured to a website hosting the malware. Once a victim is compromised, the malware can use HTML or Javascript injections on legitimate banking or ecommerce pages and ask a user for additional log-in or personal information such as date of birth or a Social Security number. The only way to unlock their computer is to pay a fine via a prepaid money card service.
Source: https://threatpost.com/fbi-warns-new-twist-reveton-citadel-malware-scams-113012/77266/