Locky ransomware returns with new tricks up its sleeve (Help Net Security)

2017-09-01 16:01

Locky ransomware is back, again, delivered with the help of new tricks to fool users and anti-malware defenses. Massive spam campaign Delivered through one of the largest spam campaigns in H2 2017 – as many as 23 million sent messages per day – the newest variant adds the .lukitus extension to the encrypted files. “Once all the victim’s files have been encrypted the attackers leave decryption instructions by changing the desktop background to an image … More →

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