2019-1-23 19:58 |
Researchers have discovered “Anatova”, a brand new family of cryptocurrency-fuelled ransomware, and they warn it has the potential to become outright dangerous. Cybersecurity firm McAfee explained Anatova hides in seemingly innocuous icon files – usually the same popular games or applications – in order to fool the user into downloading the malware.
Once run, it automatically requests admin rights and begins encrypting as many files as possible, as quickly as possible. Anatova then demands a ransom from the victim. In this case, the hackers want payment in fledgling cryptocurrency DASH – currently worth around $700. Analysts also revealed they had detected…
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