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Security firm asks for help cracking ransomware key
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| In ransomware attacks, hackers plant malware that encrypts files and then
| displays a message demanding money to unlock the data. In the case of the
| newest Gpcode, 143 different file types are encrypted,
| including .bak, .doc, .jpg and .pdf. The encrypted files are marked by the
| addition of "_CRYPT" in their file names, and the original unencrypted files
| are deleted. As a camouflaging move, Gpcode also tries to erase itself.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=930244217&rid=-50
Quote for the day:
"The threat to cancel Mac Office 97 is certainly the strongest bargaining point
we have, as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately. I also
believe that Apple is taking this threat pretty seriously."
--Ben Waldman, Microsoft manager
Related:
Ransomware Trojan locks up infected PCs
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| A new strain of "Ransomware" that attempts to coerce victims into paying $35
| to unlock their Windows PC, is doing the rounds.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/03/ransomware_trojan/
Hacking extortionist resurfaces
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| GpCode, a Trojan horse which last made a run at users last summer, has popped
| up again, said Aleks Gostev, senior virus analyst with Moscow-based Kaspersky
| Lab, in a posting to the research center's blog.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=97155551&rid=-50
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