New BandarChor Ransomware Variant Spreads via Malvertising on Adult Sites

  • 15 December 2016
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December 15, 2016  ByCatalin Cimpanu 
Malicious ads displayed on several adult websites and a store selling quadrocopters (drones) are infecting visitors with a new version of the BandarChor ransomware.
 
Spotted by Proofpoint security researcher Kafeine, the new BandarChor version was confirmed by Bleeping Computer's Lawrence Abrams, and security researcher Malwareforme, who contributed to this report.
 

BandarChor still going strong after two years

 
Some of you might recognize BandarChor's name, as it was one of the ransomware variants, together with CTB-Locker, CryptoWall, TorrentLocker, or TeslaCrypt, that are part of the first surge of crypto-lockers that made its presence felt in 2015, and started the unending wave of ransomware we see today.
 
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