EvilZone
Other => Found it on the Webs => : sakthibruce May 30, 2015, 05:37:37 PM
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It seems that it was just yesterday that someone had to know a thing or two about software and programming to wreak havoc on fine upstanding Internet citizens via malware incursion. Ah, the good old days. Nostalgia aside, though, one cannot help but feel rattled by the news that security researchers at McAfee have discovered new software with which the oh-so-nefarious out there can easily construct their own ransomware. And not only is such a product in the wild, but it is online software, too, accessible by anyone capable of navigating a keyboard and a TOR browser.
Read more at http://hothardware.com/news/with-tox-now-anyone-can-create-ransomware-and-for-free#ydPfIqW5z3WE7VUE.99
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(http://hothardware.com/ContentImages/NewsItem/33861/content/big_toxmalware.jpg)
Onion link in the picture, snippet from the article:
Tox is a 2MB executable that is disguised as an .scr file, which the would-be system kidnapper creates as follows: the user registers on the quite user-friendly site (specifically not linked here), inputs their ransomware amount, enters their "cause" (the alert that announces to the victim that their system is being held hostage), and fills out a captcha.
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Looks like someone took those RAT builders to the next level :D