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Warning over 'nasty' ransomware strain
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Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Warning over 'nasty' ransomware strain
Quote:
The FBI is seeking help from US firms as it investigates a nasty strain of ransomware, Reuters reports.

Ransomware encrypts data on infected machines and then asks for money before restoring access to information.

The FBI is analysing a strain of ransomware called MSIL/Samas that tries to encrypt data across entire networks rather than single computers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35916425
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Warning over 'nasty' ransomware strain
Oh, the FBI needs help with encryption?
Author:  big_D [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Warning over 'nasty' ransomware strain
And Petya as well, it reboots the PC, rewrites the MBR and performs what looks like a chkdsk run, but it is actually encrypting the whole disk. When it finishes, it displays a ransome message.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/29 ... ansomware/
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