New Ransomware Business Cashing In On CryptoLocker's Name (csoonline.com)

itwbennett writes: A new service launched this week on a standalone Darknet website offering ransomware called CryptoLocker Service to anyone willing to pay a small fee and 10% of the collected ransom. The new venture is being run by a person using the handle Fakben, who was a former user of the Evolution (Evo) marketplace, writes CSO Online's Steve Ragan. Customers pay $50 to get the basic Ransomware payload. Once the victim pays the demanded ransom, the payment address will forward the funds – less a ten percent fee – to the Bitcoin wallet designated by the CryptoLocker Service customer. The ransom fee itself can be determined by the customer, but the recommended fee is $200. 'I prefer to be less expensive, more downloads and more infections,' Fakben said during a brief chat with Ragan.

Comments

this sort of stuff will continue..

[Anonymous Coward]

until we make it an international death penalty to use or produce such software. Put the NSA/CIA/FBI to use to determine the location of the authors, and target their home with reaper drones.

Re:Cue the stupid comments

[Coren22]

If you are using Bitcoin as an investment, you are using it wrong. Bitcoin is meant to be a way to transfer money, not to store massive wealth.