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March 28, 2016 09:58 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/p672Mk5a65U/ransomware-gets-a-lot-faster-b.html
Ransomware gets a lot faster by encrypting the master file table instead of the filesystem
In just a few short years, ransomware -- malware that encrypts all the files on the computer and then charges you for a key to restore them -- has gone from a clever literary device for technothrillers to a cottage industry to an epidemic to a public menace. (more…)
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