Threat Finder Ransomware, suspected to be Cryptolocker cousin, surfaces

[Petrovic]

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http://news.thewindowsclub.com/threat-finder-ransomware-suspected-cryptolocker-cousin-surfaces-77157/

A new ransomware called as “Threat Finder” has been discovered by a security researcher at Rackspace. Threat Finder is feared to be a copy of Cryptolocker and can infect Windows PC’s via multiple sources; the most common infection is when a user browses a compromised website.

Threat Finder’s discovery means that online community is exposed to a fatal malware that targets personal files and folders, encrypting them and asking ransom for decryption. Also, it reaffirms the fact that Cryptocker ransomware was indeed never eliminated. On the contrary, it was just waiting to resurface with another name.

Threat Finder Ransomware


Threat Finder was reported in January 2015 by security researchers. Brad Duncan, the Security Researcher at Rackspace, came across the ransomware on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 when it infected a Windows host.

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[Alexstrasza]

The true "CryptoLocker" is gone... later ransomware only use that name to scare users into paying the ransom.

It's also not the first ransomware that encrypts personal data - most (if not all) ransomware in the wild already do that.

 

[Tony Cole]

It's such ashame that that the internet has got to this stage. We really need to globally police the web, countries working together, that's more important than antiviruses and firewall's - catch these people before they start.

 

[oneeye]

Maware is aways mutating! That's why/how so much is discovered all the time. But there were a couple of take downs of bot nets recently and the good guys are getting better with the global co-operation between law enforcement with private companies helping. And even Russia took down a crypto type group. Probably the thieves should have not targeted other comrades,right?