- Dec 30, 2012
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Infections caused by the innovative Kovter police blackmail Trojan continued to surge between May and June, security firm Damballa has reported. Could old-style police ransom attacks, once seen as past it, be on their way back with a vengeance?
In April daily infection rates detected by the firm were around the 10,000 mark, which rose to 25,000 in May before reaching 38,000 in June, representing a very decent hit rate for by malware standards. This kind of success could turn into hundreds of thousands of users in a matter of a weeks.
First recorded in 2013, Kovter eschews the complex encryption shenanigans of more famous extortion malware such as CryptoLocker and CryptoWall in favour of plain old embarrassment.
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In April daily infection rates detected by the firm were around the 10,000 mark, which rose to 25,000 in May before reaching 38,000 in June, representing a very decent hit rate for by malware standards. This kind of success could turn into hundreds of thousands of users in a matter of a weeks.
First recorded in 2013, Kovter eschews the complex encryption shenanigans of more famous extortion malware such as CryptoLocker and CryptoWall in favour of plain old embarrassment.
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