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VIRTUAL SWEATER VEST

Bad guys jump ship to CryptXXX after TeslaCrypt authors release decryption key

Michael Trotter-Lawson
May 24, 2016
1 min read

Cut the head off one Ransomware version and at least one more pops up and takes its place. It looks like the shift from Teslacrypt has already begun. Please beware of this new shift in attack vectors.

http://www.scmagazine.com/cryptxxx-looks-to-fill-void-after-teslacrypts-departure-from-ransomware/article/498287/

#CryptXXX #ransomware #Teslacrypt

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