The old ransomware business model is no longer enough for malware authors. New additions have made Reveton into a truly dangerous business. The latest generation of Reveton, the infamous “police” lock screen/ransomware, targets new black market business. The authors upped the ante of the despised malware from a LockScreen-only version to a dangerously powerful password […]
Question of the week: I just read your blog post about the Reveton virus. My computer was locked and held for ransom by something similar. I finally got it fixed and downloaded avast! 2014. How can I prevent that from happening again? We’re sorry to read that you experienced “ransomware” firsthand. While this type of […]
It has been more than a year, since we last time reported about Reveton lock screen family. The group behind this ransomware is still very active and supplies regularly new versions of their ransomware. Recently we obtained a heavily obfuscated sample. As in most other cases we started with the examination of the obfuscated sample. […]