Meet The Cryptoworm, The Future of Ransomware

Although this is a scary topic really, I would imagine that the AV vendors are well aware of the future possible direction that Ransomware is going and are going to meet the threat head-on but we all have to be on our guard for anything suspicious tryine to download or install in the background.
 
 by Tom Spring April 12, 2016
 
                                             

Ransomware is evolving and soon will share the same deadly efficiencies as notorious worms of the past, such as Conficker and SQL Slammer. In fact, according to security researchers at Cisco Talos, today’s newest ransomware, SamSam, is a harbinger of a new wave of more malicious, tenacious and costly ransomware to come.

“Ransomware authors are always looking for bigger payouts and to further their reach,” said Joe Marshall, security research manager with Cisco Talos. “We believe ransomware authors are going to look to past successful campaigns when they look to cast a wider net in the future.”  

Marshall predicts that today’s ransomware authors have begun to shift strategy away from “spray and pray” mentality where ransomware payloads are delivered indiscriminately via exploit kits or mass phishing campaigns. He said, the age of self-propagating ransomware, or “cryptoworms”, is right around the corner.
 
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