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Just when we thought things had cooled down a bit in the botnet space, we're getting word of a new outbreak that it affecting PC users in the United States. Virobot has multi-pronged attack vector, and can not only place a victim's computer into a zombie botnet, but it also has a ransomware component. According to Trend Micro, it first discovered evidence of Virobot on September 17th, and found that it is similar in some respects to Locky. Once Virobot has found a willing host, it will then scan the registry to see if it has the go-ahead to begin encrypting files. If the coast is clear, it will begin a file encryption process using a cryptographic random number generator. Once the encryption...
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