Security News > 2017 > May > Botnet Sending 5 Million Emails Per Hour to Spread Jaff Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-05-12 10:19
A massive malicious email campaign that stems from the Necurs botnet is spreading a new ransomware at the rate of 5 million emails per hour and hitting computers across the globe. Dubbed "Jaff," the new file-encrypting ransomware is very similar to the infamous Locky ransomware in many ways, but it is demanding 1.79 Bitcoins (approx $3,150), which much higher than Locky, to unlock the
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