Deadly Ransomware
Posted: October 12, 2016
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 96 |
First Seen: | October 12, 2016 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
It is not uncommon for ransomware authors to release several different variants of their threatening applications. This may be the exact case with the Deadly Ransomware, a variant that seems to be programmed to start encrypting files in 2017. This may mean that the Deadly Ransomware variant will stay dormant on infected computers, and it will only start executing its harmful process after New Year's Eve. There's no information why the Deadly Ransomware's operator has decided to program his ransomware like this, nor are there any reports about other variants of the Deadly Ransomware that will not wait until they start encrypting the victim's information.
Putting the Deadly Ransomware's delayed attack aside, this threat isn't very sophisticated. The variant analyzed by cyber security researchers seems to be unfinished because its ransom note does not display accurate information regarding the victim's identification number, the attacker's e-mail & Bitcoin wallet, as well as the number of files encrypted. Instead, this data is presented as '&FileCount&,' '&email&,' '&bitwallet&' and '&UserID&.' The only thing that the ransom note reveals is the ransomware's name, as well as the ransom fee that the operator asks for - $500 paid via Bitcoins.
Although the Deadly Ransomware's analyzed variant will not be active until 2017, it is very likely that its author will release working versions as well. With the increase of ransomware variants and infections, it is recommended that all users take the necessary security measures to ensure that their computers and files are protected sufficiently. Anti-malware software is important, and regular file backups are also recommended if you want to make sure that a potential ransomware infection will not leave you helpless.
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