October is Security / Cyber Security Awareness Month so I thought that I would spend a little time lowering the level to some general security awareness stuff. Introduction & Cyber Awareness in General Cyber attacks are on the increase, new strains of ransomware seem to be coming out weekly, we hear of new threats and vulnerabilities […]
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CryptoWall 3.0 – An even more advanced Encrypting Ransomware
CryptoWall 3.0 It looks like Cryptowall developers have started distributing a new and more powerful version of their CryptoWall encrypting Ransomware. This new version called CryptoWalll 3.0 passes traffic to a site where users can pay for their decryption keys through anonymity networks. For more details see the following links http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2015/01/13/crowti-update-cryptowall-3-0.aspx https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Traffic+Patterns+For+CryptoWall+3.0/19203 http://sensorstechforum.com/remove-cryptowall-3-0-and-restore-the-encrypted-files/