This is a difficult question to answer as it appear there may be a few different cyber-attack groups using CryptoLocker at the moment. The attachments may look like legitimate emails, so it is important to remind users not to click on any email links if they do not know the sender. As of this time, the US-CERT says the primary means of infection appears to be phishing emails containing malicious attachments. Thankfully in these cases the clients had the appropriate backup systems in place and were able to restore the files to the pre-infection state.
If a company becomes infected and does not have their files backed up the files may be lost.Īt Eze Castle Integation we have had clients become infected. Some versions of Cryptolocker can encrypt local files as well as external hard drives, network file shares and even cloud storage services that allow local folders to sync with online storage. What is Cryptolocker?Ĭryptolocker is a new variant of ransomware that restricts access to infected computers by encrypting them and demanding that the victim pay the attackers a ransom in order to decrypt and recover their files. Questions abounded about this new evolution in malware so today’s post aims to address the who, what, when and where of Cryptolocker as well as a few other common Qs.
At last week’s Hedge Fund Launch 2.0 seminar, the topic of the malicious Cryptolocker malware that is circulating was highlighted as a wakeup call for why backup and security are nonnegotiable IT components.
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