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Ransomware resisting crypto cracking efforts
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2008-06-13

Antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab called on Internet users last week to help crack the encryption used by the latest variant of a malicious program that scrambles victims' files and then demands payment for the decryption key.

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Ransomware resisting crypto cracking efforts 2008-06-13
Anonymous
This doesn't need to be so difficult.

Botnet.

Write one that can be used to harness a massive network of computers and use their spare cycles.

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