[Cryptography] Cryptolocker

[Bryan Bishop]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Kelly John Rose <iam at kjro.se> wrote:
> Almost sounds like it would be worth having some sort of software keep
> their eyes open for CryptoLocker and grab the AES key, if possible,
> proactively.

What is the advantage of that over, say, detecting CryptoLocker and
killing its process or scanning files before they hit a user's
machine? Also, given a generic CryptoLocker detector, other viruses
will definitely sit around waiting to see CryptoLocker, steal the
keys, and then charge less than whatever CryptoLocker is demanding.

- Bryan
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