{"id":6826,"date":"2017-03-01T22:17:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T06:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/03\/01\/news-617\/"},"modified":"2017-03-01T22:17:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T06:17:01","slug":"news-617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/03\/01\/news-617\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware for Dummies: Anyone Can Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 03:14:52 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among today&#8217;s fastest-growing cybercrime epidemics is &#8220;ransomware,&#8221; malicious software that encrypts your computer files, photos, music and documents and then demands payment in Bitcoin to recover access to the files. A big reason for the steep increase\u00a0in ransomware attacks in recent years comes from the proliferation of point-and-click tools sold in the cybercrime underground that make it stupid simple for anyone to begin extorting others for money.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, I came across an extremely slick and professionally produced video advertisement promoting the features and usability of &#8220;Philadelphia,&#8221; a ransomware-as-a-service crimeware package that is sold for roughly $400 to would-be cybercriminals who dream of carving out their own ransomware empires.<\/p>\n<p>This stunning advertisement does a thorough job of showcasing Philadelphia&#8217;s many features, including the ability to generate PDF reports and charts of victims &#8220;to track your malware campaigns&#8221; as well as the ability to plot victims around the world using Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything just works,&#8221; claim the proprietors of Philadelphia. &#8220;Get your lifetime copy. One payment. Free updates. No monthly fees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One interesting feature of this ransomware package is the ability to grant what the program&#8217;s architects call &#8220;mercy.&#8221; This refers to the desperate and heartbreaking pleas that ransomware purveyors often hear from impecunious victims whose infections have jeopardized some priceless and irreplaceable data &#8212; such as photos of long lost loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll revisit the authors of this ransomware package in a future post. For now, just check out their ad. It&#8217;s fairly chilling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g-9pkLwOjC4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2017\/03\/ransomware-for-dummies-anyone-can-do-it\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 03:14:52 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among today&#8217;s fastest-growing cybercrime epidemics is &#8220;ransomware,&#8221; malicious software that encrypts all of your computer files, photos, music and documents and then demands payment in Bitcoin to recover access to the files. A big reason for the steep increase in ransomware attacks in recent years comes from the proliferation of point-and-click tools sold in the cybercrime underground that make it stupid simple for anyone to begin extorting others for money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10643,10642],"tags":[11500,10644,11501],"class_list":["post-6826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-independent","category-krebs","tag-mercy","tag-other","tag-philadelphia-ransomware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}