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Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files With 1,024-Bit Key

June 10, 2008

Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files With 1,024-Bit Key

By Brian Krebs

Security Fix

June 9, 2008

Now more than ever, it's important that Windows users ensure their machines are safe from hackers. A dangerous new strain of malicious software that holds the victim's computers files for ransom has been unleashed, and Kaspersky Lab is warning that security researchers have yet to crack the encryption key. Read More.

Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files With 1,024-Bit Key

Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files With 1,024-Bit Key
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