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Title: PowerLocker Takes Ransomware to a New Level Post by: HCK on January 14, 2014, 02:00:18 pm PowerLocker Takes Ransomware to a New Level
Up to now, the malware program CryptoLocker has been king of the ransomware roost, but PowerLocker may present a new challenge. "It has some interesting countermeasures to thwart researchers," said Harry Sverdlove, CTO of Bit9. Among those countermeasures are the ability to determine if it's running on a virtual machine -- and if so, to alter its behavior. Source: PowerLocker Takes Ransomware to a New Level (http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/79773.html) |