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New Ransomware ‘Locky’ Spreading Through Email

September 04, 2017 Technology

More than 23 million messages have been sent in a campaign to spread variants of Locky.

 

Locky Ransomware

 

An alert has issued for a new computer ransomware called ‘Locky’ which is spreading through a wave of emails with attachments. The malware can lock computer files with an encryption program and demand a ransom for them to be unlocked. More than 23 million messages have been sent in a campaign to spread variants of Locky, the authorities said.

The messages contain common subjects like “please print”, “documents”, “photo”, “Images”, “scans” and “pictures”. However the subject texts may change in some cases.

The messages contain “zip” attachments that trick the computer into downloading the ransomware which demands a ransom of half bitcoin, currently equivalent to over €1897, for unscrambling the user’s files.

“Users are advised to exercise caution while opening e-mails and organisations are advised to deploy anti-spam solutions and update spam block lists,” the alert said.

The warning comes month after thousands of computers worldwide, including those run by hospitals & police departments in several countries, were affected by the WannaCry ransomware.

The ransomware, which targeted outdated copies of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, also struck thousands of systems worldwide.

 

 

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