CTB-Locker: Multilingual Malware Demands Ransom

As we have seen in previously published articles regarding ransomware, such as TorrentLocker targeting UK with Roya Mail phishing and ransomware in a country near you, these threats are appearing more frequently and in different regions.

Starting a few days ago, we began receiving multiple reports of malware-spreading campaigns in various countries mostly in Latin America and Eastern Europe. A fake email purporting to contain a fax is in fact nothing more than a campaign to spread malicious code, of which the ultimate goal is to encrypt their victims’ files and then to extort a ransom in bitcoins for retrieval of the encrypted information.

CTB-Locker: Multilingual Malware Demands Ransom