Locky ransomware spreading through spam campaign: ICERT
Saturday - September 2, 2017 11:24 pm ,
Category : BUSINESS
New Delhi Sep 2 (IANS) The central government on Saturday said that ransomware -- Locky -- is spreading through "massive spam campaign".
According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) "spam mails" are
being used to spread the ransomware.
"It has been reported that a new wave of spam mails are circulating... to spread variants of Locky ransomware. Reports indicate that over 23 million messages have been sent in this campaign " ICERT said.
"The message contains common subjects like please print documents photo images scans and pictures."
The ransomware is known to scramble contents of a computer or server and demands payment to unlock it "usually by anonymous decentralised virtual currency Bitcoins".
--IANS
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