being offered as a Ransomware as a Service (Raas), free of charge<\/a>.\u00a0 This means, hackers are provided the malicious code.\u00a0 From there hackers generate a file for the malicious code, and find a way to distribute it.\u00a0 They could insert the coding in any file they so choose, meaning it could be a .pdf, .jpeg, .doc, or any other file type.\u00a0 The exact methods of distribution are unknown; however, it would not be surprising if the Saturn buyers chose to utilize phishing attacks to spread the ransomware.<\/p>\nOnce the victim executes the malicious file, the variant determines if the file was opened on a virtual machine.\u00a0 If so, it exists the process.\u00a0 If not, an executable is triggered to begin the encryption of data.\u00a0 Once a file is encrypted, it is renamed to include the term “Saturn”.\u00a0 The current ransom demand is $300 which doubles after seven days.\u00a0 For each ransom paid, the attacker gets 70% and the Saturn creator gets 30%.<\/p>\n
Saturn ransomware is already public, and is being offered freely on the dark web.<\/p>\n
PC Matic customers, as long as you’re running SuperShield, PC Matic’s whitelist technology, you will not become infected by this ransomware variant.\u00a0 The executable that triggers the encryption will be blocked, as it is not a trusted file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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