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The ransomware part requires you to have some way of informing the user of the situation, and give them a way to pay the ransom and communicate. I'd argue the
by m-p-3 6y ago
The ransomware part requires you to have some way of informing the user of the situation, and give them a way to pay the ransom and communicate.
I'd argue the easier part is the encryption, the harder part is the ransom delivery and file decryption automation.
- tinus_hn 6y agoShowing a pop-up isn’t a malware specific action and ransom delivery and decryption doesn’t need to be automated. Why wouldn’t an attacker be able to send the user the key and some instructions? And a lot of ransomware already just shows a Bitcoin address and a message telling the user to send money himself.