22
Jul
New Trojans: give us $300, or the data gets it!
Security companies PandaLabs and Kaspersky Lab have both identified new strains of Trojans that do the same thing: they encrypt users’ data and leave a ransom note on the hard drive demanding $300.. or else. This is a new breed of ransomware in town, and it raises the stakes compared to previous viruses of this sort.
Both Sinowal.FY and Gpcode.ai encrypts user’s data and then demand money. If ransom is not given, it threatens to spread the user’s data on the internet and delete the original. However, PandaLabs says that these are empty threats—the files merely remain encrypted on the user’s computer.
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