In this cyber era even a small piece of code can compromise the entire security if done in sophisticated level. The rise of Ransomware is increasing rapidly and there has been a new hit. Recently a new Ransomware has been discovered.
Ransomware is just a malware that will encrypt the whole data and demands the victim to pay the ransom to provide the decryption keys. It is the latest trend and has earned around millions of dollars as ransom.
#Locky is the new ransomware that infects the system by simple word document. A malicious word document has been developed and circulated in the form of "Company Invoice or any other catchy subject".
Once the document has been opened user will be shown with the pop up of Enable Macros and if selected then the document activated macro and then the malware will be downloaded from the remote server and encrypts the whole data available.
If infected the only way is to pay the ransom or to delete everything and start from scratch. The infected computer users are forced to pay the ransom of about 0.5 to 2.0 Bitcoins.
About 4000 are infected every hour and about 100000 are infected every day by this Locky Ransomware. There is a news that it is also infecting the Network data and so saving the backup in same network also wont help in this matter.
P.S: The post is to create awareness and not to be misused.
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