Malware News “SamSam” ransomware – a mean old dog with a nasty new trick

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https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/04/27/samsam-ransomware-a-mean-old-dog-with-a-nasty-new-trick-report/

This year, we’ve seen a carefully orchestrated ransomware campaign known as SamSam, where the crooks have settled on a new mode of operation.

Instead of blasting out one copy of the malware out to thouands of potential victims over a day or two, the crooks blast thousads of copies of the malware onto computers inside a single organisation, pretty much all at once…

…and then, almost casually, offering a “volume discount” to fix the entire company in one fell swoop.

SophosLabs just published an intriguing technical paper about the SamSam menace, and in the sample discussed in the paper, the malware includes a BAT file that lets the crooks set their price point for each attack:
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Learn more about this new trend in ransomware by reading the paper now. (No registration required.)

 

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Incredible read related to SamSam ransomware, ignorance of politicians is amazing: Malware in the media – Once bitten twice shy or double dumb? - AV-Comparatives Weblog

Edit I clicked the links to fact check this story: the story is not amazing, it is mind blowing (check out the links to Atlanta's own website) they knew their systems were not safe!