CryptoDefense ransomware is dominating discussions these days. Victims falling prey to this variant of Ransomware have been turning to different forums in large numbers, seeking support from experts. Considered as a type of ransomware, the program apes the behavior of CryptoLocker, but cannot be considered as complete derivative of it, for the code it runs is completely different. Moreover, the damage it causes is potentially vast.
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CryptoDefense Ransomware
The origin of the Internet miscreant can be traced from the furious competition held between cyber-gangs late February 2014. It led to the development of a potentially harmful variant of this ransomware program, capable of scrambling a person’s files and forcing them to make a payment for recovering the files.CryptoDefense, as it is known, targets text, picture, video, PDF and MS Office files. When an end-user opens the infected attachment, the program begins encrypting its target files with a strong RSA-2048 key which is hard to undo. Once the files are encrypted, the malware puts forth a ransom-demand files in every folder containing encrypted files.
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