Another weird case of a ransomware crook asking for iTunes.gift cards instead of (undetectable) Bitcoin
May 1, 2016 17:35 GMT · By Catalin Cimpanu A team of security researchers have discovered, analyzed and then cracked a new ransomware version known as Alpha Ransomware, spotted during the past week.
The ransomware works in a strange way compared to other versions. When it infects a victim, Alpha will selectively encrypt files.
On the system drive (usually, C:), it will only target 249 file types in the Desktop, My Pictures, and the Cookies folders. On other drives, it will encrypt all files except INI files. On shared folders it will encrypt all files it finds.
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