EWeek is reporting a new trojan horse ransomware attack. Called Cryzip, the malicious software likely arrives via an email attachment, though exact details are not yet known. Once in your (Windows) machine, Cryzip scoops up all of the Word, Excel, PDF, and JPG docs on your system, encrypts a copy in Zip format, deletes the originals, and provides details on how to pay the US$300 ransom to get your stuff back. So far, reports of the attack have not been widespread. If you need another reason to always back data onto a second, removable medium, this’d be one (and we’re not going to bother to remind you about not opening up even remotely suspicious attachments).
Thanks, Alberto!