The malware that just won't go away
By John E. Dunn | Techworld | Published: 11:25, 23 October 2014Dell SecureWorks has updated its figures on the number of PCs infected by the awful CryptoWall ransom malware and the news isn’t good – the number of systems has spiked suddenly to 830,000.
The firm’s last statistic in late August was 625,000, itself a large number of infected systems, which means that CryptoWall has boosted its haul of victims by 25 percent in a matter of weeks.
Looking at the latest UK statistics, Dell SecureWorks estimates that CryptoWall has hit 40,000 PCs, with 75 residents handing over ransoms to the tune of $47,250 (£29,000), a figure that arrives in time for the UK’s Get Safe Online week.
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