{"id":55158,"date":"2016-11-10T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=55158"},"modified":"2016-11-13T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T15:08:53","slug":"new-ransomware-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/new-ransomware-found\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ransomware Found &#8211; Russians Are Suspected Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>New Ransomware, Telecrypt, Released Into the Wild<\/h3>\n<p>A new ransomware variant was recently found.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/telecrypt-ransomware-uses-telegram-as-candc-server\/\">BleepingComputer <\/a>reported the\u00a0variant, named Telecrypt, requires an internet connection to infect computers.\u00a0 Telecrypt uses Telegram and command and control servers to execute its infection.\u00a0 To infect PCs the ransomware requires a binary to launch.\u00a0 Upon launch, and there is a confirmation 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