Thursday, January 25, 2018

Have you heard of cryptocurrency called “SpriteCoin” . It is a new ransomware scam .




The  malware that infects Windows-based computers and locks its files on the system and does not download blockchain. Then it asks for a monetary ransom in order to decrypt the locked files, which usually is in Bitcoin but in this scam, cybercriminals ask ransom payment to be paid in Monero, an open-source cryptocurrency

Currently, 1 Monero is around $322 while the ransomware scam asks victims to pay 0.3 Monero which is almost $100.


https://www.hackread.com/spritecoin-cryptocurrency-ransomware-spy-steal-saved-passwords/

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