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Seems like non-targeted ransomware - https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/863032223469056004 https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/863032223469056004 - bas
by factsaresacred 9y ago
Seems like non-targeted ransomware - https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/863032223469056004 https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/863032223469056004 - based on the modest $300 request.
Note: I've zero idea if that screenshot is legit but it's posted on The Health Care Journal website so it likely is.
Edit:
- Earliest Google result for "WanaDecryptor" is from Aug 2015 (All other search results are from today):
> almost all of the files on the D drive is encrypted. C is not touched by the disc. file found is in the ProgramData folder, there is a hidden folder, the virus in it. When you delete a folder that is created again and the process starts again.
http://www.cyberforum.ru/viruses/thread1979411.html http://www.cyberforum.ru/viruses/thread1979411.html
http://www.cyberforum.ru/viruses/thread1979358.html http://www.cyberforum.ru/viruses/thread1979358.html
- Discussion from today mentioning it infecting Spanish Telecoms: http://gta-trinity.ru/forum/index.php?/topic/57671-novejshij-virus-na-pk/ http://gta-trinity.ru/forum/index.php?/topic/57671-novejshij....
- brightball 9y agoAt a security seminar last year I got to hear an expert talk about tracking down ransomware over the course of a couple of years. He said, no matter what the value of bitcoin the price gets adjusted to be equivalent to $300. That is the presumed sweet spot where people realize it's worth the money to save their data.