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Set phasers to stun! New ransomware is making the rounds today, and it is adopting a Star Trek theme. Avast researcher Jakub Kroustek is credited with tracking down the Kirk ransomware, which wreaks havoc by encrypting your precious files and demanding payment to get those files back. Unlike other ransomware, which often demands payment in the form of Bitcoins, Kirk instead insists that you fork over Monero, a cryptocurrency that is based on the CryptoNote protocol. According to BleepingComputer, this is the first ransomware to be tied to Monero. “The problem is that [Monero] is only going to confuse victims even more,” writes BleepingComputer. “By introducing a new cryptocurrency into the mix,...
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