[Cryptography] Cryptolocker

dan at geer.org dan at geer.org
Thu Nov 21 21:51:26 EST 2013


I can say that this did hit an accounting firm that I know well.
The encryption of all of their files ten days before the 10/15
tax deadline was nearly fatal and, yes, it nailed the backups.
I believe the toehold was a poisoned PDF from a client.

--dan



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