In response to the news that SNAKE ransomware is targeting entire corporate networks, expert offers perspective.
SNAKE Ransomware is The Next Threat Targeting Business Networks – by @LawrenceAbramshttps://t.co/U6b9Pfs0zJ
— BleepingComputer (@BleepinComputer) January 8, 2020
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It then proceeds to encrypt the machine’s files while skipping over important Windows folders and system files.
Security researchers have observed samples of the new SNAKE ransomware family targeting organizations’ entire corporate networks.
Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam and analyzed by Vitali Kremez, SNAKE is written in Golang and contains a high level of obfuscation.
Upon successful infection, the ransomware deletes the machine’s Shadow Volume Copies before terminating various processes associated with SCADA systems, network management solutions, virtual machines and other tools. It then.....Read More
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