Meet 'Tox': Ransomware for the Rest of Us - McAfee

The packaging of malware and malware-construction kits for cybercrime
“consumers” has been a long-running trend. Various turnkey kits that
cover remote access plus botnet plus stealth functions are available
just about anywhere. Ransomware, though very prevalent, has not yet
appeared in force in easy-to-deploy kits.


But now we have Tox–and it’s free.



Meet 'Tox': Ransomware for the Rest of Us - McAfee

Dynamoo's Blog: Malware spam: "Sky.com / Statement of Account" and...

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Dr. Fu's Security Blog: Malware Analysis Tutorials: a Reverse Engineering ...

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The El-Polocker ransomware is no chicken as it encrypts your drives and shares - News

A new "Breaking Bad" themed ransomware called El-Polocker,
or Los Pollos Hermanos, has been targeting and encrypting Australian
victim’s data and requesting $450 AUD in order to get their files back.
This ransomware is distributed by fake DHL penalty notices that request
payment of unpaid fees. This notice contains a DropBox link to a zipped
VBS file that when launched will execute a PowerShell script that
encrypts your files with AES encryption. Unfortunately, the decryption
keys are stored on the Command & Control server and there is
currently no way to decrypt your files for free. More....





The El-Polocker ransomware is no chicken as it encrypts your drives and shares - News

Dynamoo's Blog: Malware spam: "Payment details and copy of purchas...

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