Microsoft Warns of ZCryptor Ransomware With Self-Propagation Features (softpedia.com)

An anonymous reader writes from a report issued by Softpedia on May 27: Microsoft and several other security researchers have detected the first ransomware versions that appears to have self-propagation features, being able to spread to other machines on its own by copying itself to shared network drives or portable storage devices automatically. Called ZCryptor, this ransomware seems to enjoy quite the attention from crooks, who are actively distributing today via Flash malvertising and boobytrapped Office files that infect the victim if he enables macro support when opening the file. This just seems to be the latest addition to the ransomware family, one which recently received the ability to launch DDoS attacks while locking the user's computer.

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Microsoft and several other security researchers have detected the first Microsoft Windows ransomware versions that appears to have self-propagation features, being able to spread to other Microsoft Windows machines on its own by copying itself to shared Microsoft Windows network drives or portable storage devices automatically. Called ZCryptor, this Microsoft Windows ransomware seems to enjoy quite the attention from crooks, who are actively distributing today via Microsoft Windows Flash malvertising and boobytrapped Microsoft Windows Office files that infect the Microsoft Windows victim if he enables macro support when opening the file. This just seems to be the latest addition to the Microsoft Windows ransomware family, one which recently received the ability to launch DDoS attacks while locking the Microsoft Windows user's computer.