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| Source |  Network World |
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| Identifiant | 340247 |
| Date de publication | 2017-03-19 08:40:00 (vue: 2017-03-19 08:40:00) |
| Titre | Star Trek-themed Kirk ransomware has Spock decryptor, demands ransom be paid in Monero |
| Texte | While you may want to live long and prosper, you don't want to be “kirked†– an extension added to files encrypted by the new Star Trek-themed Kirk ransomware.Kirk ransomware, which was discovered by Avast malware researcher Jakub Kroustek, doesn't want the ransom to be paid in bitcoin; Bleeping Computer said it “may be the first ransomware to utilize Monero as the ransom payment of choice.â€It is not known how the ransomware is being distributed, but researchers know that Kirk ransomware masquerades as the Low Orbital Ion Cannon network stress tool; LOIC was once favored for denial of service attacks. The fake version sports the LOIC slogan, “When harpoons, air strikes and nukes fail,†and claims to be initializing once executed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here |
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| Condensat | added air article attacks avast being bitcoin; bleeping but cannon choice claims click comment computer decryptor demands denial discovered distributed doesn don encrypted executed extension fail fake favored files first full harpoons has here how initializing ion jakub kirk know known kroustek leave live loic long low malware masquerades may monero network new not nukes once orbital paid payment please prosper ransom ransomware read researcher researchers said service slogan spock sports star stress strikes themed tool; trek utilize version want which †â€Âit “kirked†“may “when |
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