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Kill switch has been found: https://twitter.com/PTsecurity_UK/status/879779707075665922 https://twitter.com/PTsecurity_UK/status/879779707075665922
by elcapitan 9y ago
Kill switch has been found: https://twitter.com/PTsecurity_UK/status/879779707075665922 https://twitter.com/PTsecurity_UK/status/879779707075665922
- veb 9y agoThe killswitch: https://twitter.com/0xAmit/status/879789734469488642 https://twitter.com/0xAmit/status/879789734469488642
- SnowingXIV 9y agoThis confirmed to work? Anyone else speak on this? If so props to the guy who discovered this.
- lowpro 9y agoIt is, although it isn't really a 'kill switch' in the sense it can't be deployed universally, but per system it works. This could be considered temporary though, as is turning off your computer if infected and NOT turning it back on. The encryption only takes effect after a restart.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- benzinschleuder 9y agoIs a kill switch purpose to protect against a new infection? It doesn't help decrypting the files i guess? What is it used for?
- chipperyman573 9y agoWhy would a ransomware author include a killswitch in their software?
- gilgoomesh 9y agoEven ransomeware authors accidentally infect themselves and lose keys.
- hoppa_liza 9y agoIt's a means to detect sandboxing, either for testing or to foil analysis attempts by third parties.