{"id":46898,"date":"2013-12-17T15:03:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=46898"},"modified":"2013-12-19T21:00:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T21:00:43","slug":"cryptolocker-copycats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/cryptolocker-copycats\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptolocker Earning Millions While Copycats Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>Cryptolocker Copycats Emerge<\/h4>\n<p>Not surprisingly, new variations of the Cryptolocker ransomware are beginning to emerge.  The latest is apparently less sophisticated but no less problematic.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hot on the tail of devilish Cryptolocker comes a copycat software nasty that holds victim&#8217;s files to ransom \u2013 but the newcomer&#8217;s encryption is potentially breakable, we&#8217;re told.<\/p>\n<p>Security startup <a href=\"http:\/\/intelcrawler.com\/about\/press04\" target=\"_blank\">IntelCrawler<\/a> claims a &#8220;large-scale distribution&#8221; of the new so-called Locker malware began earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Locker, once it has infected a PC, copies and encrypts a victim&#8217;s documents, adding a &#8220;.perfect&#8221; extension, and then deletes the original data. The trojan also places a contact.txt file in each directory containing contact details of the malware author \u2013 usually a throwaway mobile phone number or an email address..&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2013\/12\/13\/locker_ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Register<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>But shortcomings in the programming will apparently make it possible for researchers to develop skeleton keys capable of unscrambling files on compromised kit. IntelCrawler&#8217;s researchers are working on a universal antidote.&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2013\/12\/13\/locker_ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Register<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As with other malware distribution networks, crime gangs are using a variety of methods to infect machines. Some are distributing it through spam while others are using landing pages that for example, host fake music track files. One example was a Tina Turner song, babyBaby.mp3.exe. &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/new-crypto-ransomware-hits-us-russia-and-europe-7000024282\/\" target=\"_blank\">ZDnet<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>CryptoLocker Gang Earns Millions in Just 100 Days<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Research by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secureworks.com\/cyber-threat-intelligence\/threats\/cryptolocker-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dell Secureworks Counter Threat Team (CTU)<\/a> has shown that the cyber-criminals behind the CryptoLocker ransomware have successfully infected up to 250,000 systems and are mainly targeting victims in the US and UK.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the number of systems contacting a server set up specifically by Dell Secureworks soon after the emergence of CryptoLocker in September, researcher Keith Jarvis puts the number of infected systems globally at between 200,000 and 250,000.&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/cryptolocker-criminals-earn-30-million-100-days-1429607\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk By DAVID GILBERT | December 19, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn his report, Jarvis estimates that on a very conservative basis just 0.4% of victims have paid the ransom since CryptoLocker appeared four months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The average ransom paid is around $300 (\u00a3183) and combining these figures with the number of systems infected, means that the crooks behind CryptoLocker will have earned somewhere in the region of $300,000 in just 100 days.<\/p>\n<p>However this figure could be many times larger as Jarvis says the 0.4% estimate is a &#8220;minimum&#8221; and is &#8220;very likely many times&#8221; more than this, meaning potential earnings could already be in the millions for the gang operating CryptoLocker.&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/cryptolocker-criminals-earn-30-million-100-days-1429607\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk By DAVID GILBERT | December 19, 2013 <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cryptolockerAVmessage-150x150.png\" alt=\"cryptolockerAVmessage\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-46698\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, new variations of the Cryptolocker ransomware are beginning to emerge.  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