![]() ![]() It is now being used to distribute ransomware in general and CTB-Locker in particular. ![]() It has been used to generate huge revenues for fake antivirus, click fraud schemes, and a wide variety of other types of malware. The affiliate model is a tried, tested and very successful strategy at achieving large volumes of malware infections. The authors of CTB-Locker are using an affiliate program to drive infections by outsourcing the infection process to a network of affiliates or partners in exchange for a cut of the profits. In this post, we’ll examine a variant called CTB-Locker.ĬTB-Locker is a ransomware variant that encrypts files on a victim’s hard disk before demanding a ransom be paid to decrypt the files.ĬTB-Locker is noteworthy for its high infection rates, use of Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Tor and bitcoins, and its multi-lingual capabilities. ![]() In our series on the current state of ransomware, we previously looked at CryptoWall and TorrentLocker. ![]()
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