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SLocker Mobile Ransomware Starts Mimicking WannaCry

Posted on:July 5, 2017 at 7:00 am
Posted in:Mobile, Ransomware
Author:
Mobile Threat Response Team

Early this month, a new variant of mobile ransomware SLocker (detected by Trend Micro as ANDROIDOS_SLOCKER.OPST) was detected, copying the GUI of the now-infamous WannaCry. The SLocker family is one of the oldest mobile lock screen and file-encrypting ransomware and used to impersonate law enforcement agencies to convince victims to pay their ransom. After laying low for a few years, it had a sudden resurgence last May. This particular SLocker variant is notable for being one of the first Android file-encrypting ransomware, and the first mobile ransomware to capitalize on the success of the previous WannaCry outbreak.

Posted on:June 27, 2017 at 12:37 pm
Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
Author:
Trend Micro

A large-scale ransomware attack reported to be caused by a variant of the Petya ransomware is currently hitting various users, particularly in Europe. This variant, which Trend Micro already detects as RANSOM_PETYA.SMA, is known to use both the EternalBlue exploit and the PsExec tool as infection vectors.

Posted on:May 24, 2017 at 5:00 am
Posted in:Ransomware
Author:
Keith Cortez (Technical Communications)

Over the course of 2016, ransomware operators trailed their sights on bigger targets—companies and organizations, both large and small—and raked in US$1 billion for their efforts.

Even before WannaCry reared its ugly head, companies and individuals worldwide have already been suffering the threat’s dire consequences—all documented in our report, “Ransomware: Past, Present, and Future.” After just one year, we saw a staggering 752% increase in the number of ransomware families.

Posted on:May 17, 2017 at 7:01 am
Posted in:Exploits, Malware, Ransomware, Vulnerabilities
Author:
Trend Micro

WannaCry ransomware’s outbreak during the weekend was mitigated by having its kill switch domain registered. It was only a matter of time, however, for other cybercriminals to follow suit. Case in point: the emergence of UIWIX ransomware (detected by Trend Micro as RANSOM_UIWIX.A) and one notable Trojan our sensors detected.

Posted on:May 12, 2017 at 1:39 pm
Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
Author:
Trend Micro

Earlier this year, two separate security risks were brought to light: CVE-2017-0144, a vulnerability in the SMB Server that could allow remote code execution that was fixed in March, and WannaCry/Wcry, a relatively new ransomware family that spread via Dropbox URLs in late April. These two threats have now been combined, resulting in one of the most serious ransomware attacks to hit users across the globe.

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SLocker Mobile Ransomware Starts Mimicking WannaCry

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