Monday, April 10, 2017

Ransomware Developer Seeks Long-lasting Partners

Wapack Labs is analyzing a ransomware developer who is advertising on several high profile hacker forums. The developer is in-search of highly skilled and reliable partners to work on common interests; offering a synopsis of the program. The developers current ransomware runs on Windows OS x86/x64 platforms. The malware's decrypter is only available for an infected system when 100% of the payment has been made. The developer states it will generate a unique Bitcoin (BTC) address for ransom payment, for each individual infection.

Wapack Labs has cataloged and reported extensively on ransomware in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance portal.